When would someone be asked to do an interview assignment?
- Marketing role - create and present marketing plan
- Sales role - present your pitch for X
- Technical roles - code this thing, solve this tech issue
- Assessment for personality / culture
- Rid
Realistic expectations:
- IC role - 30 mins - 2 hours
- Leadership - 1-4 hours
- Executive - 5-10 hours
Process:
- Info given
- Schedule presentation
- Do the work
- Send night before / morning of
Questions to ask:
- Realistic time expectations
- Format
- Next steps after assignment
- How long to hear feedback
- What are they looking at
- Who will be there
- What is the IT set up of the room / conversation
Tips:
- Understand objective
- Solve for objective
- Be clear and concise
- Prepare to answer questions
- Show you can do the work / process / understand the methodology
- Don't put in full time effort for an interview
- Research
- Be conscious of who will be part of the conversation
- Practice
- Bring your presentation on USB, laptop and print it out
- Read the instructions
- Be you
Companies:
- Pay people for their work
- Hypothetical problems not real ones
- Trial period
- Contract to hire
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