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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 18/4/2025 (lemmy.nz)
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Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I get why it's necessary but outside of programming jobs are there other job applications that require you to do actual work? I'm not a programmer, have done dozens of job interviews and have never done work outside the interview outside of preparing the job application.

I've done tests at the interview (excel, and a written maths test for one a long time ago) and I've done psychometric tests but nothing is quite the same as having to build an entire project with a high chance of getting rejected.

[–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 days ago

Unsure. I have really only seen it in programming. I dont think accountants get told "here balance these books before we proceed with the rest of the interview" designers and architects maybe asked to show a portfolio of work though.