It seems like you&#x27;re being forced into a false dichotomy of being either completely for work trials or completely against them, and that&#x27;s unfair.<p>But if your biggest objection is that it will take additional time, that depends entirely on the nature of the trial. I was given a work trial at my first job and it took about 40 minutes. It didn&#x27;t go as smoothly as I&#x27;d hoped, but I would much much rather have done that than spent 40 minutes answering brain teasers in front of a white board.<p>If I&#x27;m already taking a day off, I don&#x27;t care if the interview lasts three hours or five. I&#x27;d rather work on a collaborative task with my potential teammates to see if it&#x27;s going to be worth radically altering my life to take a new job. I understand that there are many programmers who are opposed to work trials, and they can say &quot;I&#x27;m opposed to work trials and would rather demonstrate my abilities in another way.&quot;<p>It seems like your research so far has been very comprehensive, why dismiss an effective technique because some people are opposed to it?