Eight Hours of Unpaid Work. An 8/10 Rating. Then the Founder Said 'Red Flag.'

The process was already demanding: multiple interview rounds and an eight-hour timed technical assignment. The candidate was rated 8 out of 10. Then came the final ten-minute chat with the founder. The candidate suggested one bug was platform-specific rather than a code issue. The founder called it a "red flag" — an inability to take feedback. The rejection followed. Reddit users sided heavily with the candidate: ten hours of work undone by one disagreement with the person who signs the cheques.