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First interview is task based? Is this normal?

Applied for a job. Got no response for a week. Then today, I get an email from a no-reply address asking me to build a Python driver for a very specific robot component. No intro call. No human contact. Just “do this, you’ve got 5 days.”


I’m currently working full-time AND traveling, No chance I can do that in time. But even if I could… why would I do unpaid work before even speaking to someone?


Also: they didn’t include a way to submit the work or ask questions. Is this common now??

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