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.

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Six hour-long segments is pretty far from abnormal.

        Homework - especially anything before the rest of the process - is absolute bullshit. If you’re not also investing any time in the interview, you can compensate me. My time is not less valuable than yours.

        I did once spend an hour or two putting together a presentation for one prospective employer - it was attended by several engineers and managers over the course of a half hour, so there was still reciprocation - but I declined to perform the at-home coding exercise at the end of the process.

        They still extended an offer.

        • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Multiple hour-long interviews I’m actually fine with. It’s not ideal, but in that case at least the company is also spending resources on the process.

          Homework / pre-interview projects that take more than a hour is unreasonable, to me. I have public repositories / commits I can share with you if you want to see how I write code.

        • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Presentations and homework for interviews, wtf? I’ve been at my job for about 7 years now, and I don’t remember any prospective employers asking for this type of shit. Is this really becoming common? If so, I’ve been thinking about how vocational jobs don’t seem so bad these days in terms of pay…

          • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Seems like you failed to notice that my comment prompted someone to post a non-paywalled link, helping everyone.

            • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              5 months ago

              Most people archive the sites themselves (or save a direct .html file). Seriously, archiving it is MORE work for the 99% of us using a bypass.

              You’re the dork essentially not using an adblocker and going “you knowww I just kinda like ads…what can I say.” Justify your waste of time all you want, I and the rest will continue to post the primary source (that we can legit ALL read for free).