Their recruiter sent me a message with a code challenge link to a platform called "HackerRank".
I was supposed to solve a "find contiguous sub-array" problem in 60 minutes. I make it pass in 7 test scenarios out of the 10 in less than 60 minutes, so I decided to just submit it as it is.
2 days later I received an automatic message from HackerRank saying that I didn't meet the requirements for the job. So I replied to the e-mail with the recruiter in copy and they didn't reply.
After one week, I sent another e-mail asking for feedback in order to understand what could be better.
I received a response like "All I receive from HackerRank is that you didn't get a high enough score to pass the test. Sorry mate, good luck on your job search!"
Are you guys really basing your recruitment process on "scores" of a 60-minute puzzle? That is so 80s... I thought at least I would have more serious feedback or another round of discussion so other aspects of my experiences got analyzed.
That hiring process is so broken, that if I already have had solved this very problem before, you wouldn't even notice and I would pass with a maximum score. That is pointless.