[wildrhythms]

I actually turned down a job, whose hiring manager was very excited (or desperate) to have me, after the recruiter sent me a link to a coding challenge. I felt devalued, that they didn't value my time, and I felt turned off realizing that this coding challenge was the only hurdle for engineers on that team. Note that I wasn't a fresh grad or anything, I had years of experience at this point from, what I assume was at the time, one of their big competitors.

Since the company can't make time for a potential "experienced candidate" (their words) during the hiring process, I wonder what else they can't make time for? Red flag for me.

[busterarm]

You're in the rare camp that realized this. Thanks for doing me and everyone else in this industry a solid.

Companies won't change until this is enough of a negative signal for them.

[tptacek]

The recruiter sent you a coding challenge? How far into the process could you have been?