working to get a job
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- sinisnap
has anyone ever been confronted by a prospective employer asking for work to be done just to get an interview? more than just mocks for a specific project but actual working sites or pages?
im being asked to either re-design and build (not mocks but actual flash or html) a working home page for their site in html/flash or both
or
create an online marketing tool (microsite, viral email, game (!), jukebox, etc) for a new single by one of the artists on their label.
and it has to be done in 3 days.
is this not a little extreme?? what happened to looking at a candidate's portfolio? or am i crazy?
- canuck0
I had some web design company ask me to do the same thing, they wanted to see me recreate part of their Web site.
- vespa0
smells dodgy. should be mockups at most, and not even psds.
- dstlb0
Rip off alert. You will never get paid and the job probably doesn't exist at the end of it. Why would they employ someone when people will do their work for free?
- sinisnap0
thanks for the responses..good to hear im not insane.
i think its a credible job offer from a major label but i just find the brief for the pre-interview hoops to jump through seem pretty crazy.
i agree with the mocks thing..i could just about see doing gifs for these things but actually building them...uh uh
- longman0
if they where serious about getting a new designer i don't think they would be asking you to do that
- Derek20
yea.. agree with you all.. thats bullshit...
- waynepixel0
Ripp Off
I did do smoothing like what you said. But it was a week trial with a company and I was up against a nother designer but I got paid for the WEEKS Work.
- rasp0
starting next week or so I'm going to be doing a month [paid] in a studio 'to show them what I can do'
back to your point though. depends how much you want the job/want to work in that company.
do it if you want it.
don't if you don't.whatever, don't be afraid stand up to them [but not in an arrogant way].
if they ARE any good at least they will respect you for standing up for what you believe to be a rip off / unfair.
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- Mimio0
Dont do it.
- rasp0
it does smell fishy to me too. id be careful
- frankosonik0
Ask them if they'll pay you without doing any work for them--just to see how well their payroll system works before you commit.
"Spec" work is the scurge of the design industry. Don't give your work out for free. They have no intention of hiring you. They're looking for free work. The problem is you'll give them some great ideas and then they'll enslave some poor intern to produce it. I've seen it too many times before.
- jevad0
thats bullshit -I have asked interviewees to do mockups but NEVER would I expect working concepts or ideas and not pay for them - sounds well dodgy so I would steer clear or call them on it....
- obsolete0
its really weird their request, but maybe they were deceived by the person who used to be there. Not all employers are bad, or are trying to deceive you.... like not all designers are trustworthy...
and if they are a big label they wound't take the risk of being acused of ripping someone off, would they?
- ********0
well, not to sound like a dick, but yeah man of course. A prospective employer is going to want to know a lot about you if they are going to hire your ass. I mean, you gotta' show them your work and talk the talk, both front-end and back-end in most cases. :)