Skip to main content Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home r/MachineLearning Get App Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit Expand user menu Open settings menu Go to MachineLearning r/MachineLearning • quasiproductive [D] Do you feel like companies are scooping / abusing researchers for ideas during hiring for researcher roles? After having gone through at least 3 rounds where I had to present research solutions for problems, I get the feeling that I'm doing free labour for these guys. They usually give you a week and given the current glut of candidates, it feels like this could easily be happening in the background. This includes Mid tech companies (not FAANG) and startups. Is there some truth to this suspicion? For the most recent one, I purposefully chose not to dive into the advanced literature heavy stuff even though I did do the work. The scope of the task was pretty vague ("design an ML system blah blah") and as soon as I started my presentation, one of my interviewers immediately questioned me about whether I had read the literature and wasn't interested in older approaches to the same problem. The rest of the interview was spent getting grilled, as is usual. My motivation was to work bottom up and demonstrate strong fundamentals. Perhaps, I'm missing something here Read more Share New to Reddit? Create your account and connect with a world of communities. Continue with Email By continuing, you agree to our User Agreement and acknowledge that you understand the Privacy Policy. Public Anyone can view, post, and comment to this community 0 0 Reddit Rules Privacy Policy User Agreement Accessibility Reddit, Inc. © 2026. All rights reserved. Expand Navigation Collapse Navigation
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Автор задает вопрос о возможности использования компаний для получения идей от кандидатов на позиции исследователей, особенно в компаниях, не относящихся к FAANG. Автор утверждает, что интервью часто включают в себя задачи, требующие разработки решений, и интервьюеры могут задавать вопросы об использовании специализированной литературы, что может восприниматься как эксплуатация.
