The recruiter was genuinely nice, and the initial 15-minute call felt promising—lots of talk about flexibility, “We don't know yet where you'll work; you can choose what fits your skills best,” etc. Sounded great! They showed zero interest in my actual experience (I basically had to insist on sending my resume) and asked nothing about past projects or problems I've solved, but hey, they were very impressed by my previous company name. Solid candidate vetting right there. Then came the TestGorilla link: roughly 100 questions in 45 minutes, a bizarre mix of extremely basic trivia and overly theoretical puzzles with long dummy code descriptions (zero syntax highlighting, naturally, no line breaks). It felt more like a quiz from 2012 than a serious skills screen. After 4 days (+ weekend) of waiting, I got the classic “limited vacancies, so many great candidates, tough decisions” rejection. Total time wasted: over an hour. If you're screening exclusively with TestGorilla, congrats—you'll get plenty of people who are quick at clicking multiple-choice buttons. If you're looking for actual problem-solvers with real track records, maybe try asking about those instead. Just a thought. 😊