Is it normal to give ACD and other senior roles take-home tests? I'm not saying that these roles are too specialized to be tested, but it just hasn't been the norm in the past decade. It's been my experience for the past three interviews, and I wanted to know if this is how things work now.

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I would not bother and go focus on getting another job

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I’ve been hearing about this more and more, but I’ve never had to do it myself. I agree with what others have said—I’d start looking for a different role. I’m not doing any work for free.

I’ve never seen it for agency roles but I’ve seen it for in-house roles, both in North America and in Europe.

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