I recently reached out to a professional who is well established. I emailed asking about work opportunities and was surprised to hear back right away. I was asked to complete a little assignment, I’ve since done the assignment and sent it back but haven’t heard anything. There was no job position posted, I was just hoping to get my foot in the door with industry and build experience.
Sounds as though I’ve been passed off again doesn’t it? How common are tests on top of portfolio?

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Struggling with this right now. I was given a ‘test’ and it was fairly quick work, so I went ahead and did it. Never heard back either way. Another time, a company wanted something in-depth, like a day or two of work. I passed on it, but wondering if that’s just the price to enter now.

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Common in UX design.

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How long has it been since you completed the test? From anecdotes I hear, it seems like this is becoming more common which sucks because you're sometimes just doing work for free just for them to not hire you and still end up using parts of the work you've done.

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