I refuse to do coding assignments for free and I think everybody should too as well. The problem I have with them is: 1) Malign intentions: You never know whe

I refuse to do coding assignments for free and I think everybody should too as well. The problem I have with them is: 1) Malign intentions: You never know whether they are trying to: - Purposely waste your time. - Free consulting. How would this guy do this ?. - Data compilation. Let's see how a bunch of unemployed developers solve a particular problem. 2) Is too easy to reject a coding assignment based on subjective things since there are so many different ways of doing the same thing. 3) It is easy to cheat. You can easily ask/pay someone to do it for you. And the core problem is that is too easy to ask for coding assignments. Companies don't loose anything by asking you to spent a week doing the assignment.