I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Specno in Mar 2025
Interview
Talked to a recruiter
Only applied because I knew a good person there
Things seem to be going well, but the recruiter sends me a technical assessment for the Frontend Engineer position
IT'S A FULL-SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
You have to create a microservices-based project management app with:
- Project and task management (CRUD, statuses, assignments)
- User roles and authentication (JWT or OAuth2)
- A REST or GraphQL API
- A database (PostgreSQL/MongoDB/MySQL)
- A frontend in React, Vue, or Angular
- Tests (unit and integration)
- Documentation on setup and usage
- Optional DevOps extras (containerization, CI/CD, event-driven notifications)
And when I reached back to the recruiter to ask why the Frontend Engineering assessment is so large, and asked if there is a frontend specific assessment, he shut me down and said I raised red flags
Not impressed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you want to work you chops to the bone for a salary that is well below the necessary for the skills you'd offer to the company?