Would you do work for a job before you were even given an interview there?

When you’re applying for a job, you put a lot of yourself on the line. You make sure that your resume is up to snuff, and you pour your heart into a cover letter. It’s a vulnerable thing, to constantly be pitching yourself to someone. You hope that they like you or think that you have potential. But you have to be careful that you’re not taken advantage of by this system. The job market is not great right now, and it doesn’t take a lot to see that. The employers have the power, and sometimes they choose to wield it in ways that are detrimental to you as a job seeker. You have to be vigilant for these and make sure that you don’t end up in a situation where you’re being taken advantage of. It can happen more than you think it might. That’s what happened in this story.