On asking job candidates to code
&gt; As brain-dead as I was after eight hours at my project, [..]<p>Is giving out an 8+ hour programming project as part of the application process really considered good hiring practice? If you apply to five jobs, you&#x27;re expected to spend an entire unpaid work week writing code that doesn&#x27;t benefit anyone? If a company receives 20 applicants, their ideal candidate selection wastes a collective work month?<p>I don&#x27;t really understand this ideal. What&#x27;s the point of maintaining an online portfolio and a github profile full of code if companies prefer to waste your time writing a pointless uploader?