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I see this a lot but it seems fairly naive to expect. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with refusing to do them, but to get paid? Has anyone in the history of
by jcims 7y ago
I see this a lot but it seems fairly naive to expect. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with refusing to do them, but to get paid? Has anyone in the history of the world been paid for an interview take home project? Curious how it was set up and what the rate was. Did you have to file taxes? Was it 1099?
- michael_storm 7y agoI have. It was a few hundred bucks. There was a tax form, but I don't recall specifically what it was.
- jcims 7y agoInteresting. USA?
- michael_storm 7y agoYep.
- AlexCoventry 7y agoIt's pretty common in my experience.
- jcims 7y agoHave never seen it in 25 years of working in the industry. Sounds like it's more common than I thought (who's the naive one lol).
- AlexCoventry 7y agoI've mainly seen it with small companies.
- noahtallen 7y agoI’ve done a trial project which was after an initial (much shorter) code test which was non paid. The trial earned me a couple grand and I got a 1099 alongside my w2 at the end of the years since I was hired full time.
- jcims 7y agoVery cool, thank you.
- 2rsf 7y agoHow long was the trial ? can you do it while being employed elsewhere? it could be forbidden by contract to be employed in two places, and you could simply don't have the time for a full time, short, project
- madamelic 7y agoCurrent place does trials. Typically two weeks long and you get paid the same amount as if you worked there. And yep, many people do have other jobs. Some take vacation time and others do nights + weekends.
- 2rsf 7y agoI admit that a short trial is the best way to choose a match both for employees and employers, BUT I don't see it working for most people. I have a family and personal life, I am not going to try out a few employers until I get the right one. My employment contract also forbids working in other businesses at the same time, vacation or not.
- privateSFacct 7y agoI got paid as a consultant a lot for short term offsite projects -> then they want to hire you. So the random gigs can sometimes be a take home interview. I liked it because if I didn't enjoy working somewhere I could tell them I was busy with my other projects and we'd end on good terms.
- pm24601 7y agoYes. I had one company pony up $500. I was blown away.
- 0x445442 7y agoYeah, I agree, the logistics are tough and the comment was really just a proxy for... A company that must rely on a take home project to get a meaningful assessment of your worthiness and competency for a position is a huge red flag. Any engineer worth their salt can tell from an on sight interview if a candidate is bullshitting about their past accomplishments.