Is it common in data science interviews to receive lengthy tasks before proper CV review?

I've recently transitioned from physics to data science and have been job searching for several months now. I've been able to land 3 interviews, but all involved receiving substantial take-home assignments. For example, I spent two full days on a data analysis task, only to be told after submission that the company doesn't accept remote work—a detail they could have noted from my CV before assigning the task (I am from a different city, none of the job postings that …

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