What is an average pre-employment assessment task in your industry and country? I need an insight, since I believe in mine things are getting out of control.
Here, after 2 rounds of interviews and a submitted portfolio, companies give out example tasks for job applicants to complete at a certain deadline. Lately, in the Web/Digital/IT industry, companies have been giving out tasks that take 2-3 full workdays (16-20 hours of work).
Interestingly, the job market is better than ever – there are tons of offers and few applicants. So why are companies confident in requiring 2-3 days of unpaid work from potential employees?
Is this normal in your experience? A friend of mine applied to 3 jobs and had to complete a full week of unpaid work, while balancing her existing job at nights and weekend. She’s still waiting to hear back but honestly even if she does, I’m angry and don’t want to accept 16 hours of unpaid work is the new norm.