I realize that I'm probably the outlier here in the US market, but absolutely I'd rather have a 3 month trial period (not only so you can evaluate me, but so I can evaluate you to make sure it's mutual).
I'm fairly confident in my ability to deliver value in the first couple of weeks on a project, so would much prefer this to having to spend time grinding leetcode puzzles that I'm not innately good at.
Note: a large part of this perspective is the privilege of feeling like I could get another job pretty easily, and having a sizeable emergency fund that I could draw from to continue the search if things didn't work out. So you may be filtering out people who are not in such a fortunate position.
I'm fairly confident in my ability to deliver value in the first couple of weeks on a project, so would much prefer this to having to spend time grinding leetcode puzzles that I'm not innately good at.
Note: a large part of this perspective is the privilege of feeling like I could get another job pretty easily, and having a sizeable emergency fund that I could draw from to continue the search if things didn't work out. So you may be filtering out people who are not in such a fortunate position.