The job market is rough. I have no doubt you were considered, and they were interested, but everyone is giving their all right now. Someone likely submitted something even cooler, somehow.
yeah by recycling their project from a previous interview and adding more to it
I just don't engage in that kind of assessment anymore, the job market isn’t thaaaat tough to need to compromise
or, put another way, jumping through that hoop will not solve your interview progress as its just far too subjective. other hoops are just as fine
I’m finding it absolutely brutal. I’ve never encountered anything like it. I could be doing something wrong, though.
When they give feedback, they love getting on their soapbox and critiquing others as if they were Olympic judges or something.
I’ve had to hold myself back from saying bro we wouldn’t hire you yourself if this criteria actually had to be met.
Some hiring managers require all this elaborate prep work and it’s such bullshit, imo it’s a total cop out to have people do so much work as part of the interview process.
It’s the lazy way of evaluating someone versus thoughtfully putting together a good hiring process and conducting effective interviews.