GitHub — Technical Interview, take home exercise

Some time ago I had the opportunity to get into a Technical interview at GitHub for a senior software engineer role. During the selection, the first step I got assigned was a take home exercise, which I failed because I did not read properly the requirements.

Preface

I am not going into too many details and polemics about this kind of hiring process but frankly speaking, if you plan to assign hours of work to a candidate, you should, at least, present yourself first, explain the role and company and then, if you…