Comment by denzil_correa

One company wanted approached to interview me for the position of a "scientist". Their initial step of the interview process was to spend 4-6h on some "challenge" they designed. I told them, I can't spend 4h of my time on the 1st step where I have no clue what my hiring manager even does! I made a counter to their proposal as all my research projects are publicly available. My counter was similar to your proposition. I asked them to pick any of my research projects and talk about it, I told them I just need a 5 minute heads up. Of course, they didn't take me up on it because they required "commitment from the candidate". I chuckled on the irony in that last phrase. Interview is a 2-way process and it seems a lot of people have bought into some of the kool aid.