[nullserver]

I got an offer from a place (hot startup)that I wasn’t really interested in. Had a call to talk about it, see if I might be into. Oh can you talk to so and so, hey can we do a coding exercises really quick, hey can you chat with founder really quick.

3 days from hearing about company, I had an offer.

Then was being pestered about background check.

Wait, how did I get to this point? I wasn’t even really interested.

Few days later offer was withdrawn since I hadn’t completed paperwork.

Overall I’m glad I didn’t accept, they clearly had a very inflated opinion of themselves and how eager everyone would be to join.

[kylecordes]

In a tepid defense of the anonymous company… I would probably also interpret someone in the situation doing a coding exercise as a sign they are interested in a position.

[nullserver]

Fair point. I liken it to going to the bar and waking up in Vegas with a ring on your finger and a stranger in your bed.

It’s probably your fault, but it’s still a huge WTF just happened moment

[yourapostasy]

> Few days later offer was withdrawn since I hadn’t completed paperwork.

Saw the not-filling paperwork/red tape in a timely manner used as a signal first-hand to screen out a perfectly-acceptable (technical-wise) candidate. Combined with a perceived lack of enthusiasm in personality for the role (which I could easily put down to a manager who has a specific idea in mind of "enthusiasm", and doesn't mesh well with a wider variance of personality types), it was a one-two punch the candidate could not recover from, and lost out to a slightly more junior tech.