I wouldn’t call it predatory—in fact, every significant work test / trial I’ve done has been paid, which is remarkably progressive!
However, I empathize with your pain—interviewing for EA jobs is a rigorous and rather impersonal gambit. As far as I know, this is a feature not a bug. It’s frustrating but I try to cut them some slack. There are many applicants, EA orgs are almost always short-staffed and they’re trying to avoid bias. Most EAs want an EA job but these hiring processes are optimized to test this desire.
Knowing this, I don’t bother applying for an EA job unless I truly think that my application can be competitive and that I actually want the job (not a bad heuristic to follow in general).
I wouldn’t call it predatory—in fact, every significant work test / trial I’ve done has been paid, which is remarkably progressive!
However, I empathize with your pain—interviewing for EA jobs is a rigorous and rather impersonal gambit. As far as I know, this is a feature not a bug. It’s frustrating but I try to cut them some slack. There are many applicants, EA orgs are almost always short-staffed and they’re trying to avoid bias. Most EAs want an EA job but these hiring processes are optimized to test this desire.
Knowing this, I don’t bother applying for an EA job unless I truly think that my application can be competitive and that I actually want the job (not a bad heuristic to follow in general).