---
title: "The Lion, The Witch, and the audacity of recruiters"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-audacity-of-recruiters-fiofo0jao
source_url: https://hauleth.dev/post/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-aduacity-of-recruiter
type: article
source: "Beam Bloggers Webring"
published: 2026-07-04T21:34:30.461Z
updated: 2026-07-04T21:34:48.201Z
tags: ["career", "elixir"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 2
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# The Lion, The Witch, and the audacity of recruiters

**[Beam Bloggers Webring](https://daily.dev/sources/beambloggers)** · 12 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A senior Elixir developer shares two frustrating job search experiences. In the first, a company advertised a Senior Elixir Developer role but assigned a TypeScript browser extension task during a paid trial week, wasting most of the time on access issues and mismatched work. In the second, a company put a candidate through 5.5 hours of technical interviews, rejected them without feedback, then had the audacity to send a candidate experience survey asking for detailed process feedback. The post ends with a broader critique of broken hiring practices and a rare positive note about a recruiter who provided personalized rejection feedback.

## Full article

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