Initial phone call with a recruiter, then I was given a take-home task, which I was told would take 6-10 hours and I had a week to complete it. I was told that if I passed the take-home, I would be invited for an onsite.

I was a bit disappointed by this process for several reasons:

6-10 hours is quite a big time investment to maybe get an in-person interview.

I'm currently enrolled in 17 credits of CS coursework. Adding this 6-10 hour project on top of my schoolwork and other interviews, I found to be a bit inconsiderate.

Luckily, I was in the process with ~8 other companies, so doing this take-home wasn't a big priority, and I only put in about 3.5 hours into it. If this was the only company I was talking to, I would have probably tried much harder.

I think the issue is the time I spend working on this take-home project doesn't translate to other interview prep. When I prep for a Google interview, I'm also prepping for FB, Amazon, and any other company that does algo questions. But when it's 6-10 hours for one company, I feel it is a waste.

Why Duolingo?