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I assume that you could have asked how this was relevant to your position/future work, what they were evaluating with it, and if they could do something differe
by Paulods 11y ago
I assume that you could have asked how this was relevant to your position/future work, what they were evaluating with it, and if they could do something different that might not be so closely linked with the product.
However that said i have done work recently (10 hours) that was a task set out to solve an issue on the product - something that could 100% go into production but actually is very relevant to the position and skills i need to demonstrate. They are also of a size & expertise that makes me worry less about them just making me do it for un-paid work.
- niceguyniceguy 11y agoIndeed. I politely raised an objection prior to the code test that I found work like this irrelevant. The company nevertheless told me it wants to push ahead with the homework. I am glad that things worked out well for you.
- Paulods 11y agoThey might have been annoyed because they expected to put the work in production soon... haha
- DanBC 11y agoCan I check: how irrelevant was the work to the applied for position? But to answer your question: cancelling the recruitment process is totally fine. It's much better that you politely tell them now than go through the process and tell them later.
- niceguyniceguy 11y agoThe company itself admitted the irrelevance when I raised an objection. The nature of the work was fundamentally different (and not even same language/technology).