Assignment as Interview Process

Hi Wanted an opinion on how do you all tackle the assignment bit when it comes to assignments as part of hiring processes. One, how regular or normal is it at senior positions ? And two, I feel that a lot of times they just ask you to do everything that is expected of the job. Eg: Create a marketing strategy after analyzing landscape and top 3 competitors. Add graphs etc. I always have a concern of getting most out of you. Since its at round 1 they would be getting multiple such assignments, which means by design lpt of this work will be a waste and lots of inputs freely sourced. How do you all handle it ? Can you push back ? P.S: Am from business/ marketing aide of things and not sure of how it works for techies/ product.

Quick rant: Why do I have to submit a 10 slider with 3 rounds of interviews for a company I had never heard about 5 days ago? This is my first attempt at switching jobs and it's so freaking painful. Is something like an assignment necessary? P.S - I'm NOT interviewing for a tech role where you might have to showcase coding skills

Hey guys. While I know that there is this ridiculous practice of getting candidates who are applying for upper middle to top management roles to do an assignment, has anyone who has done that experienced 'being taken advantage of'. The reason I am asking is cause I have done a couple of them (putting in decent effort and feeling quite confident) and got no calls in return. What makes it even more shady is that I don't get feedback even after asking for it a couple of times. There was once when I saw the same inputs that I gave being put in practice which infuriated me. Any inputs?

how much money shall I ask them for this "assignment" ? Domain: IT Project Management Description/Problem Statement: - Build a web app for managing tasks on various client projects - The app will have 3 types of user logins - Admin->Manager->developer - The admin can create a Manager account/developer account - Admins can create projects and can assign one manager and multiple developers to each project - Managers can create tasks inside a project and can assign them to developers - Each task will have a current status of either TODO/IN PROGRESS/DONE - By default, each task will have a TODO status - Developers can update the status of each task assigned to them - A Kanban board should be maintained for each project - Every user should be able to see only those projects to which they have access. Technical Specification: - Use ReactJS to build the frontend, NodeJS for backend & MySQL as a database - Use Tailwind CSS framework for Styling - Implement user registration and login functionality. Utilize JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for token-based authentication. - Introduce Roles in the System (Admin, Manager & Developer) & implement Role-based Authorization. - Implement a search endpoint that allows users to search for tasks based on keywords, tags, or any other relevant criteria. - Integrate email notifications for important task events (e.g., task assignment, completion).

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The amount of pride in this post (https://shorturl.at/nopPW) almost baffles me, how is it okay to ask someone to spend their time on a 'pre-interview' assignment? What if the candidate doesn't fit the budget, or the notice period is a bit too much etc. Imagine going through so much only to be laid off because "sorry we hired like crazy and need to do cost-cutting now"

Folks, I was in talks with a company for a role and they sent this assignment. I thought a lot and declined doing it because I found it to be abhorrently long and painful to complete. Did I do the right thing or should I have considered doing it? I don't want to think that I acted as smartass. I changed the name to maintain anonymity.

I am a '21 graduate from a Tier 1 college (old IIT) and have had short stints as product manager at a couple of startups. About a year back, I decided to startup but after a few months, realized that startup idea wasn't worth pursuing. Researched around a few startup ideas and finally landed upon a good one in D2C space. But the problem is financing. I don't have much saving and friends / family network wouldn't be able to finance this. I really want to pursue this idea but finance is becoming a hindrance. So started looking for job opportunities about 3 months back. I have been exploring work opportunities in product / founder office / EIR roles or other generalist role. Job hunt process has been frustrating to say the least. Getting very few calls. In most cases, people are ghosting after couple of rounds of interview or assignment. In some cases, after getting through 2-3 rounds, I got to know that opening has been closed temporarily. Most HRs don't even have the decency to give feedback. I don't intend to work in job for long anyway. As soon as I have the job, I plan to start working on my business idea and quit as soon as I have enough financial leeway. How should I go about job hunt process? I have been trying to connect with folks on LinkedIn in whose company job openings are there. Apart from this, I have been connecting with founders from recently funded startups. Naukri / Instahyre and IIM Jobs are other portals I have been looking on. Anything I should do differently here? Looking forward to hearing your suggestions / experience.