I get what you are saying. And equality is tremendously, spectacularly important; I have more than once been That Guy at companies, making management uncomfortable when asking why the whole place is White Dude Central. But I very strongly feel that your value prop isn&#x27;t an effective one from the perspective of the employee. You are not telling me why <i>I</i> should give a damn about your work-hire test, as somebody you need to hire to make your company work. What are <i>you</i> offering, aside from Yet Another Startup with Yet Another Startup Problems and Yet Another Startup Under-Market Salary? Why should I be your monkey?<p>And, FWIW, when salaried, I not once have taken a vacation day to interview. I&#x27;ve said &quot;hey, I&#x27;ll be in late,&quot; and because this industry is so deranged as to think that 50+-hour weeks are normal, no manager has had the temerity to get mad at me for taking a morning off because invariably it will be cashed in when I have to pull a sixteen-hour day to deal with a problem. (The days around Heartbleed earned me some goodwill at that gig, if you follow!)