4-8 page layout design test!
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- Laslo_Kovacs
Just got this emailed to me in regards to a position I applied to. They want a 4-8 page layout test before they will even speak to me. No way in hell I'm doing this, completely ridiculous.
"Thank you for your interest in the design position at Dime Magazine and dimemag.com. Congratulations, you have advanced to the next round of the hiring process. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applicants, we are unable to schedule interviews at this time. Instead, we’d like you to complete an assignment that will give us more of an idea of your work. Attached you will find images and copy for two feature stories on NBA players that have previously run in Dime – Jermaine O’Neal and Ben Gordon. Please use these materials, chose one of the players and create one 4-8 page layout. Feel free to create a headline for the story and/or create any graphic elements that you think help tell the story and connect the images to the copy. You are competing against dozens of applicants, so do what you can to make your pages stand out!
Also attached are are few product and sneaker images and some descriptive copy for the products (there is no copy for the sneakers). Please use them to create a 1-page holiday buyer’s guide. The copy may not match the products exactly in every case – don’t worry about it, that’s not what we’re looking for. This is about seeing what you can do design-wise.
Finally, we have also attached a Dime logo. Please use it and one O’Neal or Gordon image to create a mock cover. Don’t worry about the content of the copy on the cover; it can be dummy copy.
Please email low-res PDF’s of the completed layouts to by Tuesday, December 20.
Again, due to the large number of applicants we will not be able to answer any questions between now and the assignment due date. However, please let us know if you have trouble with any of the images/files. Thank you."
- mayo0
wow! i wonder how much free work they squeeze out of people with this scam.
I didn't get a "test" but the girl before me did and it was basically to see if she knew her way around the basics of the software we use. So they had her replicate a file that was recently completed.
- robotron3k0
um, yeah... i'd respond to these guys with an invoice attached as well.
- jevad0
That's bloody cheeky but I'm seeing a lot more of it - remember Fantasy Interactive were asking for somewhat of the same thing.
I would just say - if you can't tell from my portfolio that I have the skills then I'm not spending several hours/days doing unpaid work for you....
- ********0
yeah thats a scam..
i think test over all is a scam
- ********0
honestly i see test as this
one..
get new fresh ideas with out hiring anyonetwo..
get work started with out paying anyone..as a designer, your thought process and design skills are your assets, if you give that away, what do u have left?
- seed0
That is really extreme. F that. They are so callous about it too. What would be the point of even trying even if it was legitimate. I made a similar thread a couple weeks ago. Search 'Interview Projects'.
The practice seems to be getting more common unfortunately. I did one for my current job and got hired. I just did a small concept design after a recent interview. They called back and said it was great and are having me in for a final technical interview Friday.
- spiralstarez0
I interviewed for a company here in Vancouver last year, part of the interview was doing some pages in complicated CSS for them.
I submitted and had a hard time hearing back from them only to discover later an ad searching for people to do templating in a CSS Zen Garden style which was what the test was.
I was pissed.