The recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn about a role and scheduled a meeting, though he was 15 minutes late. During the meeting, he explained the position and mentioned a 3-part design project as part of the process. I submitted the project and didn’t hear back for 3 weeks. When they finally responded, they said none of the submissions met their standards, but mine was the closest. They asked me to complete another design project before even setting up an interview with a hiring manager. This experience felt unprofessional and left me questioning their hiring process.