My Take-Home Assignment Nightmare: Kagi Search's Unpaid Labor
2025-05-14
The author recounts a grueling experience with a take-home assignment for Kagi Search. Despite delivering a complete and well-documented email client web app deployed on AWS, exceeding the initial vague requirements, the author received a generic rejection email with no feedback. This experience highlights the absurdity of unpaid, extensive assignments in the tech hiring process and advocates for more effective methods like live code reviews.
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