I was asked to do a take-home test after a first-round interview. I assumed it would be the typical editing test or an outline of how I approached an article. Instead, I was asked to complete 3 news articles on provided topics. Each article had to have a minimum of 500 words with unique headlines and a 160-word dek. I was also asked to provide strong headers/titles. This took a significant amount of time, and I received zero response. No thank you or rejection email.