Applied for a Frontend role in Madrid (Spain). The process raised red flags from the start. First red flag: asked to complete a take-home assignment. Second red flag: no conversation with the hiring manager beforehand. Despite this, I decided to proceed anyway — my mistake. I spent around 4 days working on the assignment. A week later, I received a very cold, generic email saying they “went with another candidate.” No feedback, no explanation, and no indication that anyone even reviewed the work I submitted. Overall, it felt like a complete waste of time and effort. I should have trusted my instincts and stopped at the first red flags. Most probably there was no job to get started, just a recruiter training himself. Learn from this — don’t be like me. Process: 1 - screen with HR 2 - take home assigment and review 3 - Behavioral / cultural