Last year I did a week-long work trial for a popular product startup. I will never do it again, reasons: * The interview pressure of knowing you’re being asses

Last year I did a week-long work trial for a popular product startup. I will never do it again, reasons: * The interview pressure of knowing you’re being assessed based on every interaction and piece of output, but for an entire week. * A week isn’t enough time to truly assess what it’s like to work with someone… * …yet, is long enough such that it’s only a viable option for people with capability to dedicate a week. Which basically means the unemployed, or those working at companies where they can take a week off at short notice. * The tax situation can be complicated, which adds to the stress of it all. My anxiety and stress levels have never been higher, and this was after being laid off and a subsequent 6 months of unemployment. If they hadn’t decided against hiring me (apparently my code and product mindset were great, but I didn’t work fast enough), I was ready to decline them on the basis of concluding that this approach to hiring (it was mandatory) was inhumane.