Received an email from a recruiter at Discord that he would like to touch base on my application with them. During the phone call, the recruiter asked me about my background and career history and then told me more about the position. When you go into this phone call, you already know you're moving forward in the application process; this is just a formality to make sure you are real and honest about your application and resume. I was then scheduled to do a skills assessment interview. During the interview, two engineers sent me a link on what my task was to do, and they would provided some guidance along the way. This was a multi-part assessment with the goal to get a Web Socket-based program running, where multiple people can chat at the same time. I didn't do so well in the assessment, primarily because the documentation you are expected to use is severely confusing and limited. For instance, the documentation does not detail that multiple connections to a Web Socket can occur, even though this is the very purpose the software of this documentation. I did not make it past the first stage of the assessment, and I was soon informed I would not be moving forward in the process. While I understand that Discord is vetting engineers using vague, lacking software, people are applying to positions if the job description suggests they are qualified. Unless a job description explains your duties will be to maintain a TCP Web Socket service, you should not be using it as a means to vet engineers. An engineer could be really good at make TCP Web Socket services, but then absolutely be terrible at the actual job, and an engineer could also be really good at the job description (my case) but be terrible at maintaining TCP Web Socket services. It serves no one to use an assessment that will never actually be used in the actual position. If a biologist is applying for a biologist role, you do not ask them to perform an exam for a geologist, and if a pastry chef is applying for a pastry chef role, you do not ask them to perform an exam for a butcher.