Is it worth doing this test?

Question

Freelance

One studio sent me a test task by e-mail, I looked and tried a full-fledged website + mobile version there Is it worth doing such a task , when asked if the
test is paid, they answered no fake tasks (such as drawing a website for a non-existent product, and only the main page or the first screen) here you can not pay. And here it seems that the volume is large, and for free Send them away?))

task text

text of correspondence with the customer

Answer 1

Definitely not, I would even say that this is a test task for a sucker. In fact, the test task for a webmaster is to lay out one of the pages of a corporate site (not a landing page), and add logic to it by placing it on the desired CMS. Even one layout (semantically correct, adaptive, prepared for promotion) is enough to understand how long a person has been typesetting, or has been on the web. If you throw out "divyanka", or treat your work - well, I won't do it very well, it's a test - it means it's a failure.
What you threw off above is a banal income for studio companies, they have a staff, and when there are small projects (which do not have a deadline), they give them to freelancers or newcomers who are ready to work for food or a sandwich. After that, they tell you that the project is shit, and you are a nonentity, and you have it parsed through wget (or you have already given it away yourself). As a result, profit for the company, and burning of the fifth point of the "employee".
PS: At one time I did it in a tricky way) They gave me such a project as a test task, I did it for 2 weeks, and when the time came to take it, I showed it through teamviewer - the employer made sure that everything was fine, asked him to throw it off - I asked for money. He went nuts with impudence, and in the end we agreed on 12 tr . But they didn't hire me.)

Answer 2

Maybe I'm overly biased, but judging by the content and photos, I would stay away from such test tasks. Razvodilovo.

Answer 3

By the way, yes, show the design through teamviewer or screen sharing, it doesn’t change the essence, but the work remains.

Answer 4

For me, send as far as possible. A normal test should take a maximum of 2-3 hours, this is the limit. And then, be paid.
And then they got really loose...

Answer 5

This is not a full-fledged site, but a laying site, which should later be introduced to various dating sites. This is used in affiliate networks, rather it is really an order that they decided that you would do for free.
Quite an interesting scheme, someone sent it to 10-15 designers and it is being carried out.

Answer 6

It smacks of outright divorce. For TK, 1 page is enough - this has already been written above. On the other hand, you can show one, ask for payment for the rest - it is also quite adequate.

Answer 7

I publish all the test ones in dribble before the show. And I keep the source for up to three years. If the test turns out to be not a test, there will be something to fend off.
But, my projects are quite unique and they are easy to track.