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Discussion on: A list of assignments I was given when interviewing for companies.

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robinwatson • Edited

Hmm something I haven't seen in the comments is what happens when you refuse to do the assignments for time constraint or life stuff. Is it possible to work out a smaller assignment or have them adjust it in any way? Interviews should be as transparent as the people you work with I think? Whats the worst that can happen if you don't do exactly what they are asking Interviews are two sided right?

Thanks fort the list dude!

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Fayaz Ahmed • Edited

PS, I have rejected assignments, during my last job hunt, I was told to build a Google Keep clone with Next.js, I said I dont have enough knowledge on react to work with, they were generous enough to offer me 7 days to complete it, but I had to reject because I was not comfortable enough to work on react.

The employer appreciated it and said he'll be looking for othet candidates

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robinwatson

Ah ok cool - ya good to know. I mean the fact you have so many assignemnts means you had lots of interviews. no shortage of work in the end right? Good job guy!

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Fayaz Ahmed

A lot of people said these projects are a waste of time and resources & that the companies were just getting some free code written for them.

I would strongly disagree, I have learned a lot from them and I have used them in a lot of projects as a freelancer.

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robinwatson

Fair enough. People gonna hate. No idea why people get so mad about these trivial things. You do you. Devs in general get a lot of choice. Choice many people will never obtain.

Keep posting dude!

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