Design Test Compensation Survey

More and more companies ask for a take-home design test or challenge as part of the interview process. This site shows companies that compensate interviewers for their time (* what about companies that don't pay?).

Use this to help you negotiate for proper compensation during the process!

Company
Position
Compensation
Time allotted
Time spent
Year
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Airtable
Product Designer
200
3 hours
3 hours
2019
Paro.io
Product Designer
500 (negotiated)
1 day
6 hours
2019
Drum.io
Visual Designer
35/hr
5 days
2 days
2019
Glitch
Product Designer
800
8 hours
8 hours
2019
Zenly
Product designer
30euro/hr
no limit over 2 days
6 hours
2019
Automattic
Creative Technologist
25/hr
30 hours
12 hours
2019
Glitch
Design Engineer
1500
3 days
3 days
2019
Webflow
Product Designer
300
5 hours
2019
Stack Overflow
Product Designer
500
8 hours
2019
Automattic
Product Designer
25/hr
2-4 weeks
3 weeks
2019
HelpScout
Product Design
30/hr
8
13
2019
Indeed
Senior UX Designer
300
12 hours
20 hours
2018
Automattic
Product Designer
25/hr
40 hours
44 hours
2018
PD
Designer
100
1 day
3-4 hours
2018
Faire
Senior Product Design
400
~8 hours
16 hours
2018
Hudl
Information Architect
They offered
No limit
3-4 hours
2018
Logickull
UX designer
200
6 hours
6 hours
2018
TOP Mortgage
Lead designer
1000
6 hours
6 hours
2018
Metalab
Design Director
250
10 hours
8 hours
2018
Worn
Senior Designer
500
4 days
4 days
2018
BAGGU
Brand Designer
200
8 hours / 1 day turnaround
0 (turned them down)
2018
TrueCoach
Product Designer
100/hr
5 hours max
10 hours
2018
Everlane
UX Designer
350
8 hours
7 hours
2017
Treehouse
Product Designer
Your freelance rate, paid by the hour
10 hours
10 hours
2017
Weebly
Product Designer
50/hr
3 days
2017
ThinkCerca
Senior Visual Designer
100
A few hours
3 hours
2017
Ueno
Designer
60/hr
8 hours for 3 days
8 hours for 3 days
2016
Stack Overflow
Sr. Product Designer
800
8 hours
10 hours
2016
Metalab
Visual Designer
35 Canadian, at the time was about 26USD/hr
10-15 hours
25 hours
2016
Stack Overflow
Product Designer
1000
8-10 hours
10
2016
Treehouse
Product Designer
75/hr
12 hours
30 hours
2015
Thinkful
Ux UI deisgner
1200
2 days
2 days
2015
Bandcamp
Product designer
500
1-2 days
3 days
2015
Etsy
Designer
500
"shouldn't take you more than a few hours"
10 hours
2014
Native Instruments
Product Designer
Free hardware
1 week
1 week
2013