I’m really sorry you had such negative experiences with your applications.
I’d like to state for the record that Rethink Priorities makes heavy use of work tests because we find they best correlate with on-the-job performance.
However, we:
(1) always ensure generous and competitive compensation for work tests done regardless of whether the applicant moves on in the process
and (2) never make actual use of work test output other than to assess the applicant (e.g., we only ask questions that we’ve already researched internally)
While I’m sympathetic to organizations who may not have the funding, I think it would make sense in the future for candidates to refuse to engage with multi-hour work trials without fair compensation.
I’m really sorry you had such negative experiences with your applications.
I’d like to state for the record that Rethink Priorities makes heavy use of work tests because we find they best correlate with on-the-job performance.
However, we:
(1) always ensure generous and competitive compensation for work tests done regardless of whether the applicant moves on in the process
and (2) never make actual use of work test output other than to assess the applicant (e.g., we only ask questions that we’ve already researched internally)
While I’m sympathetic to organizations who may not have the funding, I think it would make sense in the future for candidates to refuse to engage with multi-hour work trials without fair compensation.
Same for the organization I run.