[alpinelogic]

Very on point and I can truly relate to all of this. I'm so frustrated by the whole process that I've started to decline live coding interviews and any take-home exercises that take more than half a day to complete. Although I have over a decade experience in my field, have been a tech-lead at some of the largest corps, contributed to open source, mentored many Engineers, and really enjoy software, this whole experience is pushing me away from the field. I kind of don't care to prove anything to anyone anymore over a 45min interview... will probably start a small biz and move far away from "silicon valley" types of people/mindsets.

[emodendroket]

I don’t really. If it didn’t work the way it did I guess most of my employers would have crumpled up my resume and thrown it in the garbage for not having the right credentials on it but because it is a level playing field for everyone I got some exciting opportunities.

[zabzonk]

> any take-home exercises that take more than half a day to complete

jeez, i would reject if they took more than 5 minutes