First interaction was early March 2020. This was of course when COVID was picking up and nobody really knew what was going to happen. But I went into this with a lot of hope. Liked what I read about the company and their products online. They asked me to work on a take-home assignment. I submitted my answer to the assignment on time. Got an acknowledgment that they received it. Waited for a long time at which point I was told their devices are getting deployed in the field because of COVID so they are really busy. Long wait again. At this point I was told the team is reviewing my response. Finally I get an email that says the most ridiculous thing- “we ultimately decided that this position would be better suited to someone who is very familiar with working in a regulatory specialist team.” At that time I had 2 years of experience working on a Regulatory team. Doesn’t this company review resumes? Don’t they see the experience on there? So at the end I felt like this company was getting away cheap by having a candidate answer questions and do research for them in the disguise of an assignment. Such companies only exist in the Bay Area- with that air of superiority and pseudo-importance. They didn’t reject me. I reject them and will never interview/ work with a company like this that doesn’t value a candidate’s resume and decides to waste their time with unnecessary assignments.