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I applied for a system analyst position and received an assignment.
The task was to prepare SA/SD documents for two systems, and the requirements themselves also had issues.
If I followed those requirements as written, I would definitely be severely criticized by the users. I judged that the other party did not have the capability to do the work.
I estimated that even doing a typical job properly would take several weeks, so I refused to do this kind of work for free.
The other party later said that they wanted to understand:
- The analysis and design of a single application system
- The analysis and design involved in integrating different application systems
- Possible interactions during the analysis and design process
I believe they were not hiring for this position, but looking for someone to demonstrate how to do the work for free.
It felt terrible.