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I refuse to do so. The companies have no skin in the game and could easily be giving the same assignment to hundreds of people fighting for the job.

I would entertain the idea later in the interview process, especially if there were some token payment to show that the potential employer is just as invested as I.

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They are paying their engineers to conduct interviews, write feedback, and sit on hiring committees. The hiring process is hardly free for them either.

On average it costs around 10-15k to hire an engineer.

how much does it cost to interview an engineer?

> $2,000: the engineering team interviewed three candidates in-house before deciding to hire Jeanne. Each interview took about 7 hours (phone screens, in-house, debrief) for about 20 hours total.

This is a rough estimate for the startup provided in this blog post, you can do this by taking the salaries, getting their assumed hourly rate, and then applying it to the amount spent interviewing.

See https://blog.usejournal.com/it-costs-50k-to-hire-a-software-...

Citation?

This one cites 50k, on average though, most startups, the HR decks are generally around 10-15k with in-house recruiters. https://blog.usejournal.com/it-costs-50k-to-hire-a-software-...

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