Should employers ask for samples and projects before even screening applicants?
So my contract is coming to an end and I am job hunting just in case it does not get renewed.
But even from a year ago, I am seeing more and more job postings asking for what seems like somewhat ridiculous requests to me.
For example, one asked for a portfolio of creative work that was so very very specific to their technology, I would have had to create the entire portfolio from scratch.
Another one required the creation of a full app using their tools and an explanation of why you made the choices you did along with the resume and cover letter.
A third one asked for a sample of work that proves your work experience for each job on your resume.
So far, I have been skipping these. I don't want to create a full portfolio about their product before I have even been screened. To spend 10 hours on an app that seems like it may be used to help them know how people are using their product seems a bit much. And I feel like tech companies -- even start-ups -- should know that the work create at your job is the jobs, not yours, and you cannot share it.
Has anyone else been having similar 'too much' requests just to get a screening. How are you handling it?
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It is like 12 years that they are doing this. I was grad school, when my undergraduate boss had started to this. And after that my grad supervisors were doing this.
It is work done, that's why money is coming to it. It's a professional contract. Just misusing a psychological contract is not on. It's immoral.
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