If you want a better job, anything legal is reasonable. It’s an employers market and will be for years to come. Who cares if you have to lose sleep for a few days if you get, say, a 40% pay increase? Or more? I had to go through this sort of experience but it helped me to finally move from five figures to six figures. We spend years (decades?) in school and hundreds of hours on the CFA. What’s a few more hours if it changes the course of your career?
builders Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ASSet_MANagement Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > What if they come back at you with an offer > that > > you turn down? Then who wasted two days? > > but if you’re unemployed what else do you have to > do with that time??? Umm… beach, beach, just chilling, watching movies, reading, relaxing? Plenty of useful things to do!
If a firm already exploits you like that during interview, you are set yourself for more miseries when you actually start to work there.
Looks like Black Swan completed a spinoff. ^^
Honestly, I’d rather do something like that than explaining to 10 different people what my biggest weakness is and how I work in teams.
Steely Dan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Honestly, I’d rather do something like that than > explaining to 10 different people what my biggest > weakness is and how I work in teams. +1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
“So what do you do for fun?” 
Steely Dan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Honestly, I’d rather do something like that than > explaining to 10 different people what my biggest > weakness is and how I work in teams. What would your previous employer say about you?
stupid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of my friend just told me that: he went to a > small shop for an interview. They asked him to do > a spreadsheet work there for 2 hours. After it is > done, they send him some “homework” to do over the > weekend. — no mention of offer whatsoever. As if > this is all the interview process. They ask him to > send the programs back to them after the weekend. > Is it normal or sounds like a ripoff? Yes yes I see what you’re saying now. My boss gave me a deadline to put together a model on XYZ company for next Friday. It’s a big deal, could be make or break and it’s gonna take a lot of effort to get it right. I’m shtting myself actually. We are talking bazillions. Hold on a minute. If I just get that interviewee coming in tomorrow to do it for me I can kill two birds with one stone. Genius. I don’t even have an open position. Think i’ll go and buy a new pair of cufflinks instead of working on that crappy model. Yes. Winning.
ManMythLegend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Steely Dan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Honestly, I’d rather do something like that > than > > explaining to 10 different people what my > biggest > > weakness is and how I work in teams. > > > What would your previous employer say about you? Smart guy, good work product, extremely knowledge, somewhat quiet, excellent taste in music.