How to do free work
- Find out what you’d be doing in the role (this already puts you quite a way ahead).
- In particular, work out which problems you will need to solve for the organisation. To figure this out, you’ll probably need to do some desk research – here’s a simple guide – then speak to people in the industry.
- Spend a weekend putting together a solution to these problems, and send them to a couple of people at the company with an invitation to talk more.
- If you don’t hear back after a week, follow up at least once.
- Alternatively, write up your suggestions, and present them at the interview. Ramit Sethi calls this “the briefcase technique.”
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