RapidDevReviews of rapidevelopers.com

The company contacted me directly on LinkedIn and invited me to apply for a Project Manager position. Initially, the salary range seemed aligned with the market, but then it was suddenly reduced. Despite that, I agreed to continue, mostly out of curiosity and interest in the challenge. The test task was presented as something that should take “around 4 hours.” In reality, it was a full product prototype: multi-role logic, wallet and payment flow, job promotions, user experience mapping, and UI screens, essentially a solo product sprint. That kind of assignment is not only unrealistic but also shows a lack of understanding of the PM role and how proper product teams function. It took them about a week to send feedback, which felt cold and dismissive, no real engagement with the work or the time spent. It left the impression that the task was given reluctantly, and the result wasn’t even considered with much care. In the end, it felt like they wasted my time and energy and disrespected my effort. I know feedback is part of any process, but this one felt like being told to build a house in 4 hours, then criticized for the roof not being perfect.

Every once in a while, you come across a so-called "tech company" that puts out a job ad for a Project Manager — and what they really want is a UI/UX/Product/Tech Unicorn that works for peanuts, builds full platforms solo, and reads minds. For free. In four hours. Let’s be brutally honest: These firms have zero idea what a Project Manager does. They think PM = Product Manager = Designer = UX = UI = Developer = Customer Support. Because why not dump all responsibilities on one person and call it "lean"? They show off shiny websites and throw around big brand names like Nestlé and Coca-Cola as if they led global launches — in reality, they probably slapped a social post together for someone’s intern. Total smoke and mirrors. Then comes the cherry: they give a test assignment. A "simple" one. Just a full mobile app prototype with multi-user logic, wallet systems, job flows, promotions, and design. "Shouldn’t take more than 4 hours." FOUR. HOURS. If you think a proper clickable prototype with coherent feature logic, consistent UI, and mapped UX paths is something you can squeeze out of one person in a few hours — you shouldn't be hiring. You should go back to school and learn what a fckng product team is. And the salary? Don’t even get me started. They want 10+ years of experience, cross-functional expertise, senior leadership, strategy skills, and execution power… for the price of an intern and a coffee. It’s insulting. But the absolute best part? The feedback. A masterpiece of nothingness .... As if the candidate just forgot how apps work — not like they had to build an entire product from scratch in a weekend. No constructive input, no recognition of context, no respect for time. This isn’t how you find talent. This is how you repel it. So to any serious professionals out there: Avoid companies that treat recruitment as outsourcing. If they can’t define roles, respect your time, or provide feedback with a shred of insight — you’re not walking into a team. You’re walking into a circus run by amateurs who don’t know the difference between UX and Excel.