Stripe: Do work for us for free, maybe we'll hire you.
The more I see about Stripe the less I like them.
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Stripe: Redesign status page as part of job application
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Re: Stripe: Redesign status page as part of job application
#12This reminds me of the "I will not do your tech interview." post. [1]
There's a good chance if you're applying you're either a. unemployed, looking for a job, or b. you really want to work at stripe.
If you're passionate about what you do, you're going to enjoy designing anyways, so what better way to make you stand out than doing something that benefits the company you're applying for -- working on something you'd actually be working on.
Anyone can copy designs from dribbble to make themselves look like an amazing designer.
It's not like they're going to take your design, implement it and never reply to your email.
Re: Stripe: Redesign status page as part of job application
#13Who owns the submitted design, the designer or Stripe?
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#14Re: Stripe: Redesign status page as part of job application
#15Stripe, I'm curious how 80% of your downtimes are bound to 60s intervals, and the two that aren't were only 1-2s above that interval. I would hazard a guess that you check these services on a one-minute interval or only report home on that interval -- checks may be much more rapid, and the two cases were simply an example of the interval scheduler not being perfect.
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#16Re: Stripe: Redesign status page as part of job application
#17Maybe this would work better if it came after a phone screen or in person interview, so there's less chance of wasted work. I think the general idea is good though.
Design hiring pipelines often include a project stage. I guess the difference here is self-selection.
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#18I always wonder when I see things like this -- are there actually people who will work for free just to apply for a job? I do not mean this as snark. And I certainly would be open to the idea of a trial period or working on an in house project after the interview. But to ask someone to put in hours just for the possibility of an interview seems like a very asymmetric request. Am I off base here? EDIT: It's probably w…
You're on base. I guess this would work for certain companies like Google, or Apple, but if you're an average company (no offense, but Stripe is nothing special), then you probably won't get many candidates, maybe not even 4 or 5.
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#19Stripe: Do work for us for free, maybe we'll hire you.
All business / design plan competitions or hackathons: submit your work, maybe we'll hire you instead of getting someone internally to do it or outsourcing it to a foreign country.
Re: Stripe: Redesign status page as part of job application
#20This feels so unfair to an applicant.
A better way would be to go through the normal filtering process of accepting applications. Choose several designers, then offer them this same task with proper payment for their time.