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While what you went through is definitely not cool, I think this was a mistake:

> since I didn't seek any other jobs while trial working for them

IMO a trial project is just another step in the interviewing process so you should have continued to interview with others. You might have even gotten another offer in the meantime and forced their hand to make a decision before the trial period is over.

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Where do people get all the time to do trial projects and then also interviewing constantly ? I really don’t get it.

For me specifically, interviewing was a full-time job -- and not one where you can phone it in.

I was given a trial project by one company and I told them I'm still interviewing and I could commit only 10 hours a week (if I'm not mistaken). Two weeks in, I had gotten another offer and told them that they had to make a decision now.

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