[functional_test]

I always wonder when I see things like this -- are there actually people who will work for free just to apply for a job?

I do not mean this as snark. And I certainly would be open to the idea of a trial period or working on an in house project after the interview. But to ask someone to put in hours just for the possibility of an interview seems like a very asymmetric request. Am I off base here?

EDIT: It's probably worth noting that I work more on the software side than the design side.

[jack-r-abbit]

Well, the page they want you to redesign (https://status.stripe.com/) is nothing too complicated. I imagine a good designer could tackle that in a few hours. Since the unfortunate trend for us developers is to have a bunch of free code out on GitHub before we're seen as worth anything, this actually isn't any more out of line... maybe even less.

[freework]

Whenever I see these, I think of this lil wayne skit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkye9r0h8ys&t=19:40#

[AznHisoka]

You're on base. I guess this would work for certain companies like Google, or Apple, but if you're an average company (no offense, but Stripe is nothing special), then you probably won't get many candidates, maybe not even 4 or 5.

[AznHisoka]

In other words, Stripe is just like every other boring, trivial corporation!!!