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Yesterday, I had a 15-minute job interview that terminated abruptly. The president and CEO told me to go home, log into their product via a guest account, and write up a page or two of documentation for that product.
<paranoid_delusion>They stressed a couple of times that all applicants would be writing up the same feature. The way they stressed it made me wonder.</paranoid_delusion>
Does this strike anyone else as being slightly shaky? They told me they wanted me to take this test to prove I could write. (Umm, and you consider that text I e-mail you from my home computer has to have been written by me?)
I've taken writing tests for job interviews before. They usually involve writing instructions for a "surprise object" (last time, it was a telephone) that is not related to the company's products in any way at all. Am I being overly sensitive, or does anyone else get a weird vibe?
Admittedly, whether or not it's ethical doesn't affect my participation, but I hoped you'd be able to give me a reality check.
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