I was invited to do an online test from some of third-party online tests providers. It was about 1.5 hours test. I did the test successfully, the result provided immediately by the provider to the applicant and sent to the company. Can you imagine my face when I received a mail from the company that I fail the test. Since I had known the result of the test, I demanded an explanation from the company. After two weeks I got a letter that there must be some mistake and I was invited to continue with the recruitment process. I declined the opportunity.

I got reached out by a third-party recruiting company which acted as a mediator in the process. 1. Take-Home task to implement a simple API service. 3-8 hours depending on how isolated you implement the running environment as they do not provide any information about the runtime. Got positive feedback from 3p recruiter to move forward 2. 2 hours Coding/System design. Simple coding task, average system design for a chat system which assumes a lot about your familiarity with a particular web stack. Top-down communication, interviewers are not very open or engaging to ask questions or discuss proposed solutions. Solved both tasks well I guess as I got invited to the next round. 3. Interview with Hiring Manager and Team Lead. Complete opposite of interview #2 - openminded communication, discussed the project and the role. Waiting for over three weeks, multiple unanswered followups from my side. Think I'm ghosted.