The rise of days-long (and often unpaid) ‘work trials’ for job applicants

And why the AI era is making them more common than ever.

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The job search is exhausting: an application, several rounds of interviews, skills assessments, and, increasingly, even a work trial.

Work trials are when an interviewee is asked to complete job-related tasks over a short period of time—often a few days or up to a week—so an employer can evaluate how they perform in a real working environment before making a........

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