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.

  • fmstratEnglish
    78•4 months ago

    Why do people agree to this? An hour assignment after speaking with someone is one thing, biut I had a couple of companies ask for homework before meeting anyone. Just didn’t respond. Teach them it’s not OK.

      • tariusEnglish
        25•4 months ago

        Exactly. I was unemployed for several months and once the desperation kicked in, I would have done anything to get a job.

      • @AgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19•4 months ago

        You’ve been unemployed for months, your bank account is almost depleted, and the thought of being homeless is becoming very real. It’s tough to stay being picky at that point.

    • @bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      21•4 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.world
        English
        11•4 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.