Probably one of the most bizarre hiring process I have ever encountered - and I have gone through quite many similar interview processes . 1) Applied multiple times from their website and never received an answer. 2) Applied via Hacker News by directly contacting an engineer and never received an answer. 3) Met them at a jobfair after months where they said that they actually could recall my CV and that they had sent me some programming task. They did actually folllow up after that (even though quite slowly). 4) Received a timed (48hr) task 3 days after the scheduled day we had agreed - meaning I did not have the time needed for the task (I was in a totally different city at the time interviewing somewhere else). 5) Received a rather late "no answer", with zero feedback. All this process took around 5-6 months - the slowest and most unorganized interviewing process I have ever seen (and imagine that I didn't even proceed that much). I expected a coding task to be received just before the weekend so I would have time to do it. Instead they sent it to me days later when I was interviewing for a full day in a different city. On top of that they expected me to send back the solution within 48hrs - in a militant style if you ask me. The task itself was pretty vague. It involved creating some sort of suggested implementation document based on some poorly made specs. When I asked in an email about more context, they mentioned that I can make some assumptions and document them. This is a poor interviewing style in my opinion since in real life no one makes implementation documents out of thin air. First you gather concrete facts and requirements and THEN you make any suggestions in terms of implementations. I ended up doing some sort of mini thesis document. After about 1 week I received an email that I have not been shortlisted for the next stage with ZERO feedback on what went wrong - pretty disrespectful if you take in mind how long the process has been dragged from their part. Also the task is so vague that you have to guess what they expect since even by asking them, they won't give you much beneficial information.