Some completely random notes for job seekers in the tech industry:
If they ask you to prove your skills to them even if you have ample credentials, references or published works, this is just to set you up for arbitrary failure if they don't like you: "we don't think you did that well on the tech interview" is still acceptable where "we don't think you're a culture fit" or "we're worried you might take maternity leave" isn't so much any more. Consider walking away, though this one is extremely common in the tech industry (thanks so much Mr Spolsky) so it might be hard to avoid.
If they ask you to prove your skills by doing actual work for them outside of an interview session, just get up and walk away. Even if they offer to pay you for it. They probably won't anyway, and they've already proven they don't respect your time as a job seeker and won't respect it as an employee either.
If they ask you to take a personality or intelligence test, get up and start running as fast as you can. They might as well be asking to measure the size of your head, we're that deep into clueless tech bro territory. Imagine what working for such people would be like day to day. Needless to say, also an excellent pretext for arbitrary rejection.
If you're told up front that the final hiring decision rests with a white male CEO/CTO/VP of whatever you'll need to impress, and you're not one of the bros, well, you can probably already guess how that's going to go. If you have other options, I'd recommend prioritising those, because you already know this one is going to be a long shot.
If they make a big deal about the aforementioned CxO being ex-FAANG, just walk away immediately. Trust me on this one.
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