They told me they would mail me a programming assignment, giving me one week but a skilled dev would really only need 2 hours for that. I asked them "what contr

They told me they would mail me a programming assignment, giving me one week but a skilled dev would really only need 2 hours for that. I asked them "what contract"? And they were befuddled I expected to be paid for a week's worth of work. Anyway, I told them, in a non-committal manner, that I would take a look. The assignment was to write a Django app (module) related to restaurants. Backend, templates, some light pagination, documentation, and at least 70% test case coverage. I re-adjusted my priorities and did it at my own pace. I didn't bother sending them the finished work, just treated it as a programing exercise. It struck me that with such requirements it's basically production ready and they can use my work with perhaps two or three small adjustments, even if they reject my application. Entitlement is high among programming reviewers.