I am well qualified for the position, so I decided to apply. The application required decoding a URL to get instructions for a small React app they wanted me to build prior to applying. Normally, I pass on applications that require something like this before an intro call, but I decided to do it. I was happy with my solution, went the extra mile in a couple of areas, and followed best practices.

The next day, at exactly 9 AM, I received a form rejection letter. I checked the CodeSandbox, and no one had even viewed my code. It’s honestly disgusting to me that they’d require all this extra work, not review it, and then send you a canned rejection email. Judging from the timestamp being exactly 9 AM, I imagine no human even looked at my resume.

Decode a URI. Go to the URL it creates. Follow instructions to build a React app that fetches a word and then displays it one letter at a time, with a 0.5-second delay between letters.