The initial screen with the hiring manager was great. She asked a few questions and gave me the opportunity to tell her about my background and ask her some questions. The next round was a homework assignment, which would have been ok should it have been at a later stage in the process. They are literally asking for you to write up a strategy brief of how to do specific things, which to me is getting free work out of candidates. Should I have been closer to a finalist candidate and have had the opportunity to meet with additional people to better understand the culture, position, team, etc. I would have been more inclined to do the homework assignment. From what I gathered the company seems fantastic, the hiring manager was nice and easy to speak with, and the role was right up my alley but again spending that much time on a homework assignment like that seems a bit much this early in the process.