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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    8 months ago

    Yeah, I ghosted at least one company because the pre-interview task was far too much effort. I’m all for having some writing of code as part of the process, though IME reading code is much more frequent/important.

    I guess we all set our own limits, but I refuse to work more than an hour or two without (at least an expectation of) pay. Maybe that’s privilege talking, tho.

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      8 months ago

      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.