I just finished a preliminary interview for a medium sized engineering company. The interviewer was impressed with my background and asked to proceed with my candidacy but wanted four additional rounds of interviews and a 30 minute technical presentation about how I solved a problem. I turned them down and said I don’t work for free, the amount of time it would take to gather my notes and thoughts on a slide deck would be too much. She quickly soured and we ended the call soon after. I feel like I dodged a bullet going through a gauntlet of work for the high chance of ending up with nothing.
What are Lemmy’s thoughts on preparing presentations for lengthy job interview processes? Would you have considered going through with it?
To be honest, if it’s a job I really wanted, I would definitely do it (and have done in the past, even for a job I wasn’t sure I wanted - actually got it and then declined the offer in the end). It’s something you’ll spend 40 hours every week of your life with. In my opinion it makes sense to invest some time beforehand for both sides to make sure it’s a good fit. Otherwise nobody will be happy long term.