I am in the last round of interviews, and I got an assignment that, honestly, I don't know how they want me to look at it. I even asked my former colleagues, and they said, WTF? I reached out to employees (same role) in the company I am interviewing for, and no one is responding.
Would your reach out to the hiring manager/ recruiter to understand better the assignment? The assignment is clear, but something in the data is unclear😭

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Yes I would reach out. Maybe there is something in the data that is incorrect or a mistake made on purpose to see if you would notice it?

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But I am afraid that if there isn't and I just don't get it, it will misinterpret badly.

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I am already there😉

I tell all my candidates to reach out to the hiring manager for help if needed.

No it’s not a slogan lol I’ve literally placed people who reached out for help and got the job. You don’t know if you don’t try. Ask your recruiter to understand what the vibe is with the manager they will give you the best answer. Honestly if your recruiter and manager can’t help then shame on them.

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At least in my experience, 3/4 of those scenario based tests where companies ask you to come up with a solution to a use case are designed to steal ideas from people. I know this because 3 out of the 4 companies that I have been on hiring committees for that included a similar step would take all the ideas and present it to the product teams as possible roadmap features (unless of course they sucked).

I’m sure I’m missing on a bunch of great opportunities (not), but I refuse to do those tests and sample use cases. The last one I actually did was for my current company, and I required them to compensate me for my time wether or not they decided to hire me

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