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I interviewed with Cisco once. They wanted me to do a take home interview. Implement an api, make a web app, host the GitHub repo somewhere, host the web app so
by Our_Benefactors 1y ago
I interviewed with Cisco once. They wanted me to do a take home interview. Implement an api, make a web app, host the GitHub repo somewhere, host the web app so it was publicly available for them to test, make sure I included full documentation and test suite. A fully tested and deployed full stack application, from scratch, as a “take home test”. I said “no, I don't work for free”.
That was by far the most egregious example I’ve encountered of “we are trying to get unpaid labor from our interview process.”
- FuriouslyAdrift 1y agoYeah, that's ridiculous. It's not just FAANGs that pull this crap.
- lawlessone 1y agoFAANGS often start it and then everyone else thinks it's going to make their company great if they do it too.
- chuckadams 1y agoI think it's reasonable if one's applying as a full-stack developer, the app is something like a simple TODO list that isn't anything they'd actually use, and there isn't a high expectation of polish. Few hours of work at most, not days, and definitely not a first-interview thing. Expecting you to host it yourself is definitely unreasonable: they can build and run it themselves if they care that much, but eyeballing the source ought to be good enough in most cases.
- jacquesm 1y agoIt's only ok if they pay you for your time.
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