The interview process was somewhat unprofessional. I had an initial phone screening with HR. After a week or two, I was sent an email for a technical test.
The test required me to write an automation framework grounds up to perform login operation, then also do registration including email verification, and also performing some API automation.
Additionally, on their test web site, there was a lot of lagging and refresh issues, which I really hope was introduced intentionally for testing purposes and not genuine problems.
Since automation is my bread and butter, I send them some questions to test the waters with their technical leadership. As I suspected I did not get any response from them. This unfortunately, was, one major red flag for me and decided not to proceed with the test.
I expect the leadership to be open, personable and not easily intimidated by highly skilled people.
Basically this company expects job candidates to dedicate so much time to build them an automation framework grounds up, without any guarantee for employment.
Now, if the interview process was based on empathy, the interviewer, would have realized that, this will not look good in the eyes of potential job candidates, which raised another red flag.
As a candidate, I, of course weigh up and consider the end result. If I complete this type of test, will it be worth it? Of course not, because I am not applying for a job at Microsoft or Google.
Finally, BuildXact should realize, that while you are in a position to choose from a pool of potential talent, the real talented people are the ones who make the decision on how far they are willing to proceed in the journey with you.