I applied to a software developer “apprenticeship” at a local start-up. They emailed me a multi-hour initial coding challenge as a first-round interview.
The apprenticeship lasts 3 months with potential for full time employment. I don’t want to leave my current job to be potentially unemployed after 3 months, so I asked for an estimate on how many apprentices are offered full time employment after their contract completes. They do not have estimates they can share “at this time”.
It seems to me that an apprenticeship is created specially to train / acquire workers. They must have statistics on the number of people offered jobs after? Is it a red flag that they refuse to share? Should I do this challenge all night knowing that I have work 8am tomorrow? I have less than 48 hours now to complete this challenge.