The application itself is lengthy, asking a number of questions that would typically be reserved for a screening call or first interview, including a required cover letter and detailed written responses about accounting experience, software, and processes. If you pass the application stage, the next step is a skills assessment, without any prior phone or video conversation. The assessment is substantial: seven questions, many with multiple parts, requiring analysis of a dataset of over 12,000 lines. This is hours of unpaid work completed before any actual interview takes place. Only if you pass the assessment will they move you to an actual interview. I completed the assessment in full, with only minimal email interaction with HR and the hiring manager during the process, and was ultimately told the company would not be moving forward. Without ever having an actual interview. Investing significant personal time into an assessment of this scope, only to be rejected without ever speaking to anyone, raises real questions about how candidates' and even employees' time is valued in this process.