I recently applied for a Frontend Engineer position and went through an online coding test as part of the screening process. Unfortunately, the coding environment provided was extremely basic – similar to Notepad – without any syntax highlighting, error detection, or formatting tools like Prettier. During the assessment, I encountered a minor issue with a closing tag, which was difficult to spot without any visual cues or editor support. As a result, I spent extra time identifying the mistake and missed the deadline by just two minutes. I reached out to request a second chance, explaining the situation, but the HR response was quite cold and dismissive, simply stating that they could not send a second assessment. While I understand the importance of time management in coding challenges, the lack of basic support in the assessment tool felt unfair. As a developer, working with completely bare environments like this is uncommon and does not accurately reflect real-world development scenarios. A more supportive assessment tool or at least a bit of understanding from the HR team would have made a difference. I believe that improving the assessment process and offering a more reasonable response to minor delays would create a much better candidate experience.

Intro call, home assignment and technical interview at this moment if you pass all these steps you will make another interview with potential client, then you will offer you the position and probably discuss salary expectations