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> they used that assignment in order to get some of their work done Yes, that's a common technique. Another, depending on how they found and contacted this sta
by droithomme 8y ago
> they used that assignment in order to get some of their work done
Yes, that's a common technique. Another, depending on how they found and contacted this startup, is that the test isn't really from the company it claims, the contact person is actually a candidate who is tricking people into completing the take home assignment on his own interview somewhere else. A third technique, when the questions seem like homework questions, is that it can be a student somewhere impersonating a company and posting fake job ads in order to get other people to do his school assignments.
Generally one should verify the company exists and that their contact works at the company before proceeding with these. Also if the assignment appears to be exactly something that would be of great benefit to the company and also takes a good amount of work, it is best to decline as some companies use sham job interviews to get free contract work done.
- iamben 8y agoFriend of mine interviewed for a role where they explained a problem and asked how he would solve it. He spent 90 minutes explaining possible solutions while they made notes. It's a pretty specialist domain so he knew others who were interviewing. After the interviews they pulled the position - I suppose no one will ever know for sure, but after putting their heads together and doing some digging they figured the whole set of interviews was put together to solve a problem the business was having, and it was just an easy way to get a bunch of solutions from very specialist / expensive people.
- dba7dba 8y agoI actually went in for a job interview as a sys admin. Turns out they were just trying to dig for some information from my current company. Both were pretty in similar domain. I was a junior level so probably didn't prove them with any useful info...