Charlie Health interview questions

Applied via website. First call was 30-min with the hiring manager which was enjoyable. However, I started to pick up on some initial red flags, such as lack of benefits. From there, process was supposed to be a take home assignment, followed by presentation, and then final calls with founder(s) and reference checks. Another red flag was that one of the founders likes to do an absurd form of backchanneling, where they find someone you are connected to on LinkedIn and reach out to them, without you knowing. This is EXTREMELY concerning, as they could be reaching out to individuals who have no sense of your experience and provide incorrect info. Apparently, this practice is popular in the finance industry,,,, The following day, I was informed that leadership had "just decided" to include a test as part of the process (Raven's Adaptive). Apparently this is something that is "widely used" in the financial industry, which is where one of the founders comes from (notice a trend here?). The test felt very much like an IQ test - analyzing a few different images of various patterns and needing to determine which image should come next. Kind of weird to include in an interview at a mental health company, but whatever. Then, I was told that leadership "just decided" that this role, which had been advertised as remote, would require a hybrid schedule. 4 days a week in office for the first month, followed by 3 days a week. As to what prompted this decision, I was told that all senior team members local to an office have been following a hybrid schedule. This was a huge red flag for me, as it seems they were clearly bait and switching by advertising the role as remote, then deciding it would be hybrid, even though senior staff has been hybrid all along?? I was then sent the take home assignment which they said should only take ~3 hours, which is nearly impossible given the amount of work they ask of you. There are 3 prompts/problems, each with upwards of 8 questions you need to address, plus building slide decks and dashboards. Beyond this, they ask you to submit ALL of your work, including notes and rough drafts, along with your final submission. This was a bit alarming, as they could easily take this information and use it as their own, of course without any offer to compensate candidates for the amount of work and knowledge they are giving them. After presenting, I received follow up about a week later stating they offered to another candidate, and of course it's company policy that they don't provide feedback as to why someone was rejected. All in all, the hiring manager and additional team member I met with with enjoyable and seemed genuine, but there were far too many red flags throughout the process and it sounds like the founders are trying to run this company like it's an investment banking firm and not a mental health company that cares about its employees.

Started off with a 15 minute introductory Zoom call that turned into 45 minutes. I felt it went well and thought there was good rapport. The interviewer said they'd reach out to me either way with their decision, then described the rest of the interview process for me. Following the interview I sent a thank you email, then a month later a status update email. Neither got responses. Ghosted.