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2022 Q2
Take-home AWS test that cost me $90, only to be told afterwards “oh, were looking for X years experience”
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I applied for a job. The test included setting up an app using AWS services rather than code (ie apigateway rather tham node express, etc). I told them tagt I had no experience with these AWS services
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I applied for a job. The test included setting up an app using AWS services rather than code (ie apigateway rather tham node express, etc). I told them tagt I had no experience with these AWS services, but many times the test is to see how fast you can learn something, so they were like “thats fine, and if you need extra time etc etc”. So a few days later, its all done and I submit it (it did exactly what was asked, even according to another dev that reviewed it). Then some weeks later, I get told that they aremt moving on with the process because “they are looking for X years experience” (even though my resume already stated what my experience was). Whatever, I got and accepeted an offer a werk after that for more money than they were offering, and where the work is all code and no AWS (the wix of devops). Then I get my $90 AWS bill for the services I bought to do the test. I will never do a take-home test ever again.
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