@NoCodeNoLife What NDA? Never signed anything, not even offer letter 😭

Consultant

@BiryaniEnthu You may have agreed to an NDA by moving ahead for the interview process, if you broadcast interview questions for example they may come after you.

Software Engineer

Analyst 

Developed enough, like "fit for production"
Could spend some time generalising the problem instead of the specific assignment asks (e.g. global instead of local)

If u have a lot of space on resume, sure. Target for one page

I didn't mean on resume, more like a website link. 
 I already have a portfolio of my side projects, was thinking of adding more as these

Ohh, sure. But put them in last or appear smaller. So they focus on important ones first

Bruh I have whole folder 
 Company wise round wise sorted 😂

@ThickMangoShake Damn man!
Gotta update it today itself

Growth Manager

I have always done this, the best problems I have solved in design perspectives came from interviews. If you research more on your solutions, think about the stuff before and after a solution, its usually a whole product. Definitely use it

Software Developer

I’m thinking of the same. 
 I’m thinking of working on design assignment problems as portfolio projects as the problems seem realistic .

Product Designer

They didn't select me, might as well use the content for myself 🤷‍♀️

Should I put all interview assignments I have done as my portfolio?

Should I put all interview assignments I have done as my portfolio?- Grapevine

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

Assignments in a job process

After completing the initial round, I was given only 48 hours to finish a substantial portion of the assignment, which was nearly half of the app. Despite this, I managed to complete it outside of office hours during the week. 

A week after submitting the assignment, I reached out to inquire about the status, and the HR informed me that the team didn't find the assignment up to their expectations. 

When I checked the list of shared profiles within Figma file, I noticed that only my profile was listed. Upon asking the HR about this discrepancy, she mentioned that the team checked the assignment through figma file and they had forwarded my profile to another team (POD) for consideration. 

There is one more company that shortlisted my assignment and then asked for my expectation and eventually ghosted. 

This situation feels frustrating and unfair.

Whats with these assignments?

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I've been asked to do a take home coding assignment and submit within 3 days, what are some things I should consider before submitting, and are they really worth it? My interviewer hinted they place a lot of importance on it

What is your opinion on take home assignments

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I do understand that for product designers it is important to have a design portfolio but what about product managers? And if the answer is yes, what about confidentiality? I mean you can’t just share what all you developed or worked upon?

Product mangers out there, how important it is to have a portfolio designed?

Product Manager

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I'm a 2022 graduate working in as an analyst in a service based analytics firm. For the past 1-1.5 we have been getting close to no work from our client (avg. actual work 2hr/day) but I have to fulfill 8 hours and stay late for meetings sometimes. I'm looking for suggestions on how to make better use of my time in office since switching right now is not easy.

No work coming to my team

Business Analyst

I have 3.5yr of experience and have worked on multiple B2B and SaaS projects, but i haven't made a portfolio of my work. What type of portfolio should i build? How many case studies should i put? And should i include some of my official client work in portfolio? 

Seeking your valuable advice.

Need meaningful advice for portfolio.

UX/UI Designer

Current state - I work as a PM intern at a startup. We shipped a major release few months back and since then I barely have any work. It's an ops heavy startup, so the work we do is just supplementary and I'm not making a huge impact anymore. I'm one of the select remote workers here and I've been with the org for the last 2 yrs, working parallelly alongside my college. Initially the work was exciting but now it has died down. The org has a okayish culture. There's no downside but limited upside as well. Pay is pretty good for me (considering I work <2hrs/week) but below average for fulltimers.

A little context - I'm pursuing an integrated(5yr) degree from a reputed B-school in Mumbai and I'll be graduating coming July. The placement cycle will start soon but I'm extremely unsure of what I want to go ahead with. I have varied interest. I like to tinker and play around with things. I've built successful social media pages & YT channels in the past. I've freelanced in digital marketing, web development and made decent money out of it. I've built chrome extensions and apps with several thousand users. I feel like I also have interest in web3, strategy, founders office and consulting roles. Few months back, I got an offer from a DeFi company, however they receded it once they realised I still have more than a year left to graduate.  

The confusion - I feel like I should leave my current org as there's no more learning here. However, I don't know in which direction should I proceed after that. The only thing I'm sure of is I'm not built for big corporates. I enjoy working with high ownership and small sized startups seem like the only option. I have 8 months of college left and I'll have to start looking for jobs within next 1-2months. (continued in comments)

TLDR: Feeling extremely lost

Hey everyone, I wanted to share an experience that many of you might relate to. Over the past few months, I have applied to over 40+companies/ startups for Ui/Ux designer / product designer job positions. Despite putting my best foot forward and ensuring my applications were tailored to each role, I haven't received any responses. I even applied through platforms like Well Found, where my applications were accepted, but unfortunately, I wasn't scheduled for any interviews.

This journey has been challenging and disheartening, but I'm determined to keep pushing forward. I'd like to ask for your advice and insights on the. Feedback and improvement.

Here is my portfolio link:-- 
https://www.behance.net/nainavishwakarma

Need your guidance, networking tips and feedback

Is it ok to give assignment as a recruitment process? Sometimes I feel it as a Fraud. Mainly companies with almost no presence on Internal. 

I received interview invitation from Nigeria based company. After first round they handed me an assignment of full stack project. Completing that assignment will take at-least 2 days and that company doesn’t have any presence on Internet. 

Should I submit the assignment?

Assignment as Interview Process

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Last month I interviewed with NoBroker for a Demand Servicing Head position. The process went like this:

2 rounds of screening with HR/TA - was okay, good conversations. After which they scheduled an interview with the Business Head for the particular team. This interview went well too. 

After this they sent me an assignment - the longest assignment I've ever worked on as a part of the recruitment process. It asked me to write multiple detailed SOPs for the sales team, build a demand forecast model, and a complete demand generation plan for an oddly specific scenario. They gave me 5 days for it. 

I worked my a** off, desperate to get the job as I've been unemployed for some time. I did the assignment close to perfection - spoke to so many industry folks in real estate and made realistic assumptions, covering all possibilities. 

All in all I've not been so confident about my work ever like I was in this case. I submit and they acknowledge. 

Few days go by, I follow up, only to be given generic delay reasons by HR. Eventually, after more than a week they rejected me. When I requested for feedback on the assignment they completely ghosted me. 

I don't know why I'm sharing this here, but it's been hard. I've been jobless for > 5 months and every such experience completely shatters my already low self esteem further.

Disappointing Interview @ Nobroker

Hang in there, the efforts you made for assignment will help you somewhere in future. Good luck!

Project Manager

Anyone who does freelance/part time work other than your regular job? Anything like copywriting or content writing etc, How did you get the opportunity? How did you build a profile?

Freelance or Part time work

I'm from a tier 3 college and can't get my hands on good projects or cool teams to work with. My peers are bookworms and have no practical knowledge, I feel completely directionless atm🫠. Anyine know where I could look/ what I could do?

No opportunities :(

Have an M.Des from one of the IITs.
This is going to be my first switch.
Is having a WITCH org going to screw my chances of getting into a product based org. If yes, how can I work on this?

I have 3.5 YOE in UX Design and overall 4.5 YOE. My CCTC is 14.59 LPA. What should be my expectatws salary?

LeetCode count : 400
Hello all, im aware that the projects are on the lighter side, and im working on them as we talk. wanted to know where i can make changes to better this sheet of paper. yall have a good day :))

Review / Roast?

Need to create a good portfolio to apply for jobs as a resume and don't want to spend time building one. My LinkedIn profile does not work as I want to show my open-source project contributions as well.

Suggest something

Which is the good platform to create portfolio for developers?

After trying for 2 months, and applying to over 30+ internships, I've failed to land a single internship which is paid. Last week two recruiters  shortlisted me and both of them gave me a task - 

1. To design a music festival website with specific requirements 
2. To design a edtech platform which incorporates gamification

The deadline was 24-36 hrs for both of them. I did the first task, submitted on time. Received no reply. I was left with no motivation to do the 2nd task, as it was even bigger than the 1st task. 

I urge PMs, Product Designers and everyone really to take a look at my portfolio and Behance and let me know where am I lacking. Am I really than incompetent in this space?

Tl;dr: My 3rd year B.Tech is going to start from this month and I failed to get an internship during summers. Feeling very incompetent.

Here's the portfolio link:

Anuj Singh - Portfolio

Failing to get a UI/UX internship

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.

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