One year ago, I was approached by a recruiter on LinkedIn. We had a small sync-up meeting, and shortly after, they shared a take-home assignment.

I dedicated approximately 4-8 hours to finishing the assignment. All I received in response was an email from an automated system (no-reply@) with mostly vague feedback.

I understand the solution I submitted didn't meet the standards. However, given the time I spent working on it, it's fair to assume, and also standard industry practice, that proper feedback is provided to the candidate to help them realize their mistakes and grow.

Fast forward one year. On a Friday, I was approached by a recruiter again, and I shared my feedback (as I wrote above) with them. They apologized and said they'd try to change the experience this time.

I did some thinking over the weekend. On Monday, as I was typing a reply agreeing to enter the process again, I received an email again from no-reply@. It stated, "Sorry, we've decided not to go through." This time, I didn't even interview!

I'm not sure if I'd ever want to be in the loop with them again.

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