I received an interview request from Coursera through a hiring platform. After the initial call with the recruiter, I was asked to complete a take-home assignment administered through HackerRank. The assignment description repeated multiple times that they were looking for clean, well-architected code, and the UI should be kept simple.

I checked my code extensively to ensure correctness, optimized operations, and laid down a solid architecture. To top that off, I also added some UI polish.

After that, I received a note saying that my code didn't make the cut. All of that hard work, and to be denied even an initial interview to discuss the take-home assignment, is extremely insulting.

I might not be willing to do these assignments anymore after this horrible experience.

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