I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week.

Was contact by Hinge a couple months ago. I wasn't quite ready to begin interviewing at the time, but fast forward a couple months I re-engaged with the recruiter to discuss the role. He was pleasant to deal with, though a bit to my dismay they decided to send an assessment my way instead of scheduling an interview w/ a hiring manager to assess fit. That said, the exercise was reasonable and easy to finish in a few hours. I submitted it the following week. Three days later I reached out to the recruiter and asked when I would hear back. He responded that I would know something the following day. That day, a Friday, came and went. On Monday I reached out again at noon. No response.

On Tues, I reached out yet again, copying the recruiter and another manager that was CC'ed on an email when I received the exercise. Another 24 hours elapse, send a note expressing my dismay that this company has ghosted... this has never happened before as a dev - about 90% of the time take-homes or initial pairing sessions lead to the next round. I've never not gotten a simple notice that an assessment I spent a decent chunk of time on was not accepted. Never. This company stands alone in their egregious lack of ethics. To give some background, I have over 20 years of experience and am currently a Principal Engineer at another health tech and this is for a Staff role. In what world is this remotely acceptable, esp. at this level? I have no idea what might be happening at this company right now. Perhaps it's faltering due to current changes in the market. This is no way to treat a person, shame on them.

Create an express.js application that renders and takes modifications for a tree structure.

Nothing else was asked, this was it.