[thelist] Interviewing Process

patrick pms at stoutstreet.com
Thu Feb 24 08:38:25 CST 2005


I haven't interviewed in ages, but this smells to me like they want to
get work for free. Politely decline and point them to your portfolio for
examples of your work.

patrick sanders
http://www.stoutstreet.com
web sites that fit

derick wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Could anyone answer a quick question for me about theri interviewing
> process experiences?
> 
> I recently interviewed for a position with a company. The process was:
> 
>   1. Phone interview
>   2. Javascript exercise
>   3. Personal interview
> 
> After the personal interview, which was a technical interview, I
> received an email that requesting:
> 
>    "We have recently created another exercise to give us a better idea
> of our candidates' proficiency level.
> 
>    Due to the fast growth of Company A we would like to create a more
> professional- and corporate-looking website. Please redesign the home   
> page and one additional page of our current public website
> (http://www.companya.com) in what you think would give us a more
> professional     and corporate look. These two pages should be
> functional HTML pages with whatever CSS and JavaScript is needed for the
> pages. Please     feel free to use the existing text, screen shots, and
> company logo that I have attached to assist you in creating these pages.
> You may use             whatever color palette and fonts you prefer."
> 
> Is this an odd request that I should be concnerned about?
> 
> Thanks for any input that can be offered!
> 
> -dm
> 
> 
> 
> 


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