[robteix]

> I really got the impression they didn’t even look at the code or execute it to see if I achieved success or followed instructions. Felt like they were just wasting my time.

I don't know anything about where you interviewed and of course this may not at all be true for them, but bear in mind that the point of home assignments is rarely "does it work?" That the candidate followed instructions and that the project "works" is expected. What many companies are looking for is seeing how you document, how you organize, how you test.

Again, I don't know what happened in your specific case. Just a heads up that writing tests, documenting and writing good commit messages are usually what people look at first when evaluating a home assignment.