I did a lot of these recently, most of them were not even near what is considered close to what a company does, it's a task what takes longer and most cases you have to build up everything for it.
Sometimes when the docker container is there it's better, but I still prefer tasks on live coding sites, but that is money for the company.
There are times when companies asks you what is your hourly rate and they pay for it, I think than you can see it's important to them.
And if it's really a client task, than why should you do it for free?
Bachelor's and Master's in CS from MIT. Previously, worked @ Microsoft & Zynga. Currently Co-Founder of Moesif (moesif.com), the most advanced API analytics platform.
I am not sure about legal situation in other countries. but in US, definitely a company can not use code produced by interviewee (or anybody) unless it is paid for with contract/license stated, (with exception of open source software with permissive licenses that allow you do so.). If a company does that, it definitely will be subject to lawsuits, labor laws, etc. It is possible, the interview tasks assigned are completely unrelated to the company does for that specific reason.
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I did a lot of these recently, most of them were not even near what is considered close to what a company does, it's a task what takes longer and most cases you have to build up everything for it.
Sometimes when the docker container is there it's better, but I still prefer tasks on live coding sites, but that is money for the company.
There are times when companies asks you what is your hourly rate and they pay for it, I think than you can see it's important to them.
And if it's really a client task, than why should you do it for free?
I am not sure about legal situation in other countries. but in US, definitely a company can not use code produced by interviewee (or anybody) unless it is paid for with contract/license stated, (with exception of open source software with permissive licenses that allow you do so.). If a company does that, it definitely will be subject to lawsuits, labor laws, etc. It is possible, the interview tasks assigned are completely unrelated to the company does for that specific reason.