"The point of this exercise is to benchmark your writing skills. Write an approximately 500 word article about something you're passionate about that's technology related."
The holier-than-thou approach taken here is sickening. Why does this company expect a prospective employee to do all this without even a guaranteed date for an interview?
They have invented a deplorable interview screening procedure where the company has to invest zero time on the candidate but the candidate has to dedicate a few hours to prove that you can read and write before they are willing to engage in a conversation with you. This inequality is disgraceful.
"The point of this exercise is to benchmark your writing skills. Write an approximately 500 word article about something you're passionate about that's technology related."
The holier-than-thou approach taken here is sickening. Why does this company expect a prospective employee to do all this without even a guaranteed date for an interview?
They have invented a deplorable interview screening procedure where the company has to invest zero time on the candidate but the candidate has to dedicate a few hours to prove that you can read and write before they are willing to engage in a conversation with you. This inequality is disgraceful.