Additionally, would you ellaborate on the "worse" part? I would like to learn and improve how I approach this, and would appreciate the feedback! My goal is to make working on the project the best experience as possible.
As you are asking for unpaid work, Talking about deadline before even discussing the tasks and and workflow is kinda weird, and the tests aren't something to ask for before accepting someone for an unpaid position, that's smtg for big companies. Also what is a vibe test ?