Job Aplication
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- rafalski0
"he next 1,5h you have to create and develop from scratch the corporate image and website design for the Sahib Hotel & Spa. Please try not to expand too much the time schedule. It is important for us to understand what you are able to do in this timeframe"
"if you need an extra day to send us your artwork, there is no problem."
Hahaha..
- fusionpixel0
don't be a chicken and do it
- ukit0
I guess if it was my dream job I would do it but it makes it seem like it would be hell to work there. Would that be your job everyday, designing websites in an hour?
- ian0
Oh, I actually did this once.
Went tyo an interview, it was the most fucked up stupid interview I'd ever been to, the guy told me they'd laid off all their designers a few months before and were in the process of rebuilding. Jesus, way to instill confidence in me bro.
Anyway this bloke asks me to do a time trial to design a website in 3 hours. he leads me into the office and gives me a desk. I design a site, basic, but ok in 3 hours (plus a crash, cos Im on a PC) and I realise, this is a shit office. The place is like fucking dawn of the dead in there. Im sat in there with a bunch of fucking zombies (the left overs of the previous firing round) and I think, I do not want to work here.
next day I'm at another interview in a different place, they offer me the job on the spot and I take it, knowing I don't want to work in the other place. Ever.
Few days later I get a call from zombieville, do you want a job? No I say, and they say, you haven't heard the salary. Its more than the place I accepted but fuck it, its not worth it.
Two weeks later I get a cheque in the mail for the time I spent working on the time trial. Sweet i say. then spend the nest three years regretting accepting the job I took.
Fuck em, Im drunk anyway.
- lvl_130
first and foremost, how long have you been in the industry? this will explain (or discredit) this approach to you immensely. and it will help all of us (@qbn) help you out.
- janne760
Lately my loathing for agencies went from mediocre to alarming.
- 3point141590
Try spelling "application" correctly!
- ian0
hang on, something is coming through the haze here.
Didn't you post up a thread a day or two ago saying there were no junior design jobs in NY? then you get this? Christ man, it may not be ideal but beggars cant be choosers.
- lvl_130
i am out, but to leave you with a bit more info...
i have not had a look at your portfolio, or do i know your skill level (or the skill-level they are looking for), and speaking from my own point-of-view, i would think this approach is bullshit. your portfolio should speak volumes, first and foremost. if they are intrigued by your portfolio, then they should bring you in to talk with someone (or at least an over the phone conversation).
that being said, i have had to go through this type of test before. it was for my first internship while in college. i "passsed" it, and was brought on the team within 3 months.
is this for an internship? i doubt it. but if so, do the test. if not, you know the answer.
- and if what ian said is truth, then get to fucking work young man! you only got 1.5 hours!lvl_13
- ukit0
Anyone who thinks a logo and website should be produced in an hour doesn't understand good design.
- You just need to turn your design skills up to awesome.ninjasavant
- Im torn here because i agree with both ukit and ninja.ian
- airey0
website - template monster.
steal a logo online.
done.
- e-pill0
an exercise can give the potential an idea to how you can manage your time, work thru their exercise, and complete the assignment.
it benefits you to complete it as best as you can.
- doesnotexist0
I would just sketch something up with pencil+paper if they only give you 1.5 hrs...odd request indeed
- I would do the same...dividing the 1.5hours into smaller timeportions to solve the different tasks...or something...uan
- sputnik20
i wouldn't do it. most of the time they say "thanks" and use your ideas.
- yes, I think that tooElfangio
- as the originator you'd own the copyrighttrooperbill
- Elfangio0
It makes me think: " if they ask me this kind of exercise they probably expect I do this in those periods of time!! I dont think thats what I want to do as a designer"
- Elfangio0
I told I would be glad to meet them for an interview and do the exercise there, in my computer, and bring the tes with me in the end :)
- Elfangio0
he next 1,5h you have to create and develop from scratch the corporate image and website design for the Sahib Hotel & Spa. Please try not to expand too much the time schedule. It is important for us to understand what you are able to do in this timeframe
Obviously, the objective of this exercise is not for you to develop the final versions of these two pieces but for you to develop one or more drafts of these pieces.
Who’s the client:
Sahib Hotel & Spa is a beautifully situated hotel just below the Dhauladhar ranges with a magnificent view of the Valley welcome you to explore the nature and enjoy the peaceful and cool atmosphere at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
The hotel caters and provides all necessary facilities and amenities to ensure your memorable stay with us. Well decorated, airy accommodation facilities with balcony and forest / valley view’s to feast your eyes and heart. The newly build hotel promises a memorable and comfortable stay while your holidays at Dharamshala or Mcleodganj.
Materials:
Logo – you’re free to do whatever you want
Website – You need to develop a website from scratch with the following menu structure:
The Hotel
Services
What’s on
Location
Contact UsIt also should have the following Quick Links:
Picture gallery
Special offers
Latest NewsAnd last but not least, it must have a photo banner (would something like a slideshow)
Needed outcome
Abstract overview of your work
Logo – Digital drafts of the logo
Website – Digital draft of the landing page.
- Elfangio0
My reply:
I am very sorry but I only check my private email at night when I arrive home, so was impossible to do what you request me in the morning. As I write you in my application email I am working in a company as web designer / developer. As you could see in my portfolio links all of those websites were designed and developed by me. I will be most honored to visit you for an interview and then I'll be available for an exercise. I hope you understand that I can't make any thirty-part work in my labor time, as I wouldn't do it also if I was working for GuestCentric. My apologies,.