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The most recent project I did last week was 3 days. Three unpaid days, and in the prompt no time limit per day. It's for a company that is top 10 most valuable startups in the world. Do you tell them you won't do it..? How long do you work on it? Open ended. I actually like what I made but I would normally charge thousands of dollars for it. It's so frustrating. Haven't heard back yet but regardless it's not a good process

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Yes, I tell them no thanks and give them my reasoning. I would rather work for a public company that pays real money (like the company I work for now) than a startup with paper equity, anyway.

Google does it too, I've done projects for them the same way. Good on you for sticking to your principles though. If everyone did maybe it wouldn't be so commonplace. Not everyone is in the situation to refuse. Thanks for the viewpoints.

I have serious ethical issues with working for Google, so that would just make my decision easier.

Just an example of a publicly traded company that I've seen do it (and if the top ones do it, then the other thousands of companies do too).

What's this ethical, publicly traded company you work for that doesn't do BS interviews? I bet they'd get a lot of inbound if they made that known.

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