Interesting. This is supposedly from a real company (I found a real company by goggling the name anyway, no way of knowing if the e-mail came from them).
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given all the circumstances you describe, it does sound a bit suspect. > Wouldn't you be able to check your "sent history" to see if you > contacted them previously (or not)? > > However, I do not think it is unusual for a company to require a tech / > programming test. We do something similar. We'll provide the > prospective contractor with access to a SVN respository where they can > download some code + a list of necessary changes. They have a week to > make the changes and get back to us. I ask them to provide an "hourly" > break down for the task. > > This tests their ability to interpret specs I write, and to evaluate > their time vs our estimates. The task we provide usually take 2-4 hours > (our estimate) and I give them a week to implement it. > > This is the "Second step" in the interview process after an initial > phone interview. We never ask this in a "form letter". And every > potential candidate gets the same specs / SVN Repository. > > There is a "Do Flex work for us" bot posting comments on a bunch of > blogs. It has an invalid gmail address as the poster. I wonder if this > is the same company? I blocked this IP address from posting on The Flex > Show and my personal blog. > > > Giles Roadnight wrote: > > > > > > Hi All > > > > Just wanted some feedback on this. A few days ago I was sent an e-mail > > saying the following: > > > > Thank you for your interest in <company name>. After our first round of > > resume reviews, we are interested in moving you forward to our next > > round of evaluations. This is a significant accomplishment considering > > the competitive nature of this position, and the small number of > > candidates for a position that go to on – so congratulations! > > > > Then followed a series of questions about where I am, what time zone, do > > I have IM, rate ect. > > > > I have no idea who this company is and do not remember applying for any > > job in the US. Anyway, I replied answering the questions and asked about > > where they had heard of me and had I applied for a job or what. > > > > I've just got another e-mail from them completely ignoring my questions > > and saying this: > > > > Thank you for your interest in <company name>. After our second round > > of resume reviews, we are interested in moving you forward to our next > > round of evaluations, called the mini-test. > > > > Basically the mini test is a project spec that they want me to design, > > document and code in no more than 10 hours!!! Then I go onto interview. > > > > Does this sound a little dodgy to anyone else? I have no idea what the > > job description is that they refer to in the second e-mail, I have no > > idea of the rate they are offering and I never applied for the job! > > The fact that they haven't explained who they are and ignored my > > questions are a bit odd as well. > > > > As they are based in the US I think I'm going to leave it. With the > > exchange rate the way it is it woudl be very expensive for them to match > > my rate in the UK. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Giles Roadnight > > http://giles.roadnight.name <http://giles.roadnight.name> > > > > -- > Jeffry Houser > Flex, ColdFusion, AIR > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > Adobe Community Expert > <http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/JeffryHouser.html> > My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> > My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> > My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- Giles Roadnight http://giles.roadnight.name
