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Re:Tell HN: Unpaid home assignments are not ok by mathverse on Friday August 12, 2022 @09:12AM (#32438058)
Trying to get an objective information to work with is fine. Expecting someone to work for free without any committment / investment from the company is TOXIC.

I have a friend who set the expectations upfront (working from home) and was told it might not be a problem, finished the whole ordeal of take home assignments and technical rounds. The company liked him but he was told WFH is not acceptable (hello Tencent).

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Re:Tell HN: Unpaid home assignments are not ok by CodeyWhizzBang on Friday August 12, 2022 @11:49AM (#32440320)
I think the point is they're not working for free - they're doing an assessment. If they're asking you to do real production work for free, that's one thing. But giving you an exercise to assess you is something entirely different.
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