r/design_critiques • u/Eastern_Engineer_908 • 1d ago

What do you guys think?

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I have recently encountered an email from an authorized company. Apparently they liked my resume and wanted me to do 5 design exercises. I never had an interview with them yet! What do you guys think is it worth it?

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u/droo46 1d ago

If it's something you can do fairly quickly, sure, but you shouldn't be doing free work for an interview. A portfolio used to be sufficient.

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u/Eastern_Engineer_908 1d ago

Still no clue why they want 5 design exercises and the artwork has to be created from the scratch.

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u/sinisterdesign 1d ago

Nnnnnnnnnnope. Hard pass.

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u/SnooPeanuts4093 22h ago

Thanks to Reddit and the design mimicry crew that populates Reddit, portfolios can no longer be seen as a reflection of someone's ability.

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u/pockethearts 8h ago

You really think this is all reddit? Lol

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u/SnooPeanuts4093 6h ago

No but how would a client know the difference.

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u/neonangelhs 1d ago

This seems less like an "exercise" and more like a full day of paid work.

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u/Eastern_Engineer_908 1d ago

Also for context this for a Jr. Graphic Designer post.

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u/KingKopaTroopa 1d ago

🚩Run!

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u/pockethearts 1d ago

That is a lot.

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u/eventualist 1d ago

No, just walk away. Unless you just have free time to burn.

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u/studiotitle Creative Director 1d ago

Design exercises like this are dumb. And depend heavily on 2 things: The judge is qualified to decide what is "good/practical/appropriate".
The timeframe the same for everyone participating or atleast limited to what the business would realistically expect.

Sounds iffy tbh as if they can't assess your capability from your folio, why would this help at all?. If you do go ahead with it, don't provide final art templates. Do mockups only and watermark the shit out of everything

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u/funkymonkeyinheaven 23h ago

I'd do 1 of those & I'd still be pissed about doing free work.

Do what you gotta do, but try and imagine how you'd feel if you did it, they don't hire you but you find out they used the work...

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u/DaveLLD 18h ago

Sounds like a company trying to get free design work by pretending there is a job available.