I've been interviewing with a company for a few weeks and now I’ve been asked to create a sales strategy for a fictional product as part of the process. Seems a bit much, I'm starting to feel like I'm doing unpaid work. How typical is this?

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It is not uncommon these days, however you have chatgpt- it can help a lot

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Having people do some work has been standard, but it seems in recent years it has really gotten out of control. It's very much an employer's market, and companies know that and really take advantage of people. It's a dilemma, if you want the job you have to play along, but it is an imposition and it's grossly unfair how much they expect people to do for free.

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I think doing take home assignments has been standard in the tech industry for a while now. It's annoying, and definitely not ideal. But it's kind of life :/

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