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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