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So I have to work for free for a chance at a final round interview? Who tf do these companies think they are?
4 upvotes, 11 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Computer Science. "So I have to work for free for a chance at a final round interview? Who tf do these companies think they are?"
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Anonymous 1w

chat wrote this btw

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Anonymous 1w

Personally I’d see what the trial project is if I make it to that stage. If it’s something small I’d be fine with it. But if the requirements are super specific or you think it could plausibly be integrated easily into a larger app, that’s a red flag. From what I’ve heard, my company gives an intentionally broken program and watches you fix it. You can ask questions and look up stuff. They want to see your thought process even if you don’t get the right answer. And we don’t use the output of…

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

How do you know? They literally had me sign on the app questions to confirm I didn’t use AI.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

i'm not trying to sound like a smart ass, but I just know it sounds like. corporate ChatGPT has a certain sound to it, as somebody who abuses it in my corporate position.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

what company is this? This is full of red flags. Is this your first internship?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

No it’s a random company I just applied to lemme find the listing again

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Last Call Media, the position I applied for was AWS Infrastructure Engineer you should be able to find it on LinkedIn

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

i'll search it up in the morning, i'm just curious because of how absolutely ridiculous this is

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Ai slop for me but not for thee

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

“We will use ai to screen resumes and CVs” “Do not use ai on your resume”

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

Those exercises in any code we ship

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