I work in Product Management and have been looking around for a new job recently. Oddly enough, it seems 50%+ of companies for Product positions want an extensive case study/take home assignment done at some point in the process (done for free of course.) After completing this step for multiple companies only to be ghosted and not given feedback on my project, I started ghosting employers who ask of this step.
I ask about it early on and agree to it, only to completely ghost and not show up to the panel interview/HM interview (I'm never doing another lengthy take home project for free.) Feels great to waste these people's time like they have no problem doing to me.
Fuck the hoops some of these places try to make you jump through these days, I won't participate in it. A lot of these places have the audacity to message me later and get upset that I no showed when in reality they have no problem doing it to hundreds of applicants every week, and sourcing work for free. Hilarious.