[Cthulhu_]

That second quote is basically saying "I don't actually want to work for you"; even if the code was good, that would've been a rejection from me. The OP sounds like they're not looking for a job, but looking for people to kiss the ground they walk on and give them money.

[bdcravens]

While I personally respect humility over arrogance, developers are often seen as disposable resources; this seems to be a bit of response to that.

[llamataboot]

Money motivation is at the bottom of my list actually. And I don't particularly want praise either. But I want to work in /partnership/ with other human beings of many skillsets and levels that all recognize that each other have important roles to play, not for managers that use their own arrogance to implictly filter towards people that are either #1) just as arrogant as them and truly think they are the best programmers in the world or #2) people that are so humbled that they truly feel "grateful" to "get the opportunity" to spend 40 hours trying to impress someone.

There's a big difference between saying, "Hey we liked you and we also want to talk through some code you've written that you are very technically proud of, let's set up a video chat" and what was said here.

[SkyBelow]

It sounds like a reversal of the language I see in many job ads. While it would generally hurt job applications, it would make sense for someone who has an abundance of job applications as a method for sorting through the possible offers. But doing this after doing a coding exercise doesn't make sense. This sounds like something on a web page aimed at recruiters, not something that should be done after one has invested time into applying.

[wolco]

This is what the process is like hiring those 10x programmers. Everyone says they want them but it took a year for him to find a fit.