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Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control::Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers but after mass layoffs the industry's culture has shifted. Engineers say that getting hired can require days of work on unpaid assignments.

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[–] ohlaph 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I had something similar. I didn't ghost them, I specifically called them and said I wasn't doing a day's worth of their work for free.

They wanted me to write a bunch of unit tests and other stuff. There was a list to do. It would have taken all weekend.

Mind you, this was to qualify to interview.

I told them I wasn't interested in working for free and said I'm terminating the interview process because of their ridiculous request.