A Talent Partner reached out and coordinated a technical take-home exercise. I couldn't access the exercise for a couple of days. They notified me that they would be out of the office, and their colleague would handle any questions or next steps during that time.

The take-home exercise wasn't difficult; it took around 2-3 hours to complete. After I submitted a PR, the next stage was supposed to be a code review. I reached out to both the original Talent Partner and the colleague who was taking over, letting them know the PR was submitted as described in the instructions.

I didn't hear anything back for a couple of days, so I sent another email asking for next steps. I waited over a week and still did not receive a response, so I sent one final email. The original Talent Partner's email bounced back with a "blocked" message. I could only assume they were fired or quit and their email address was disabled.

Overall, it was frustrating to not receive any responses to my emails to continue the process. No rejection message, just ghosted.

They had me do a take-home exercise.