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.

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.

  • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
    21·
    10 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.

    • ohlaph@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 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.