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Thank you for this review — we pass a lot of information back to our recruiters so we're sorry if it didn't all get back to you.
Unfortunately, the technical task you provided had several issues with it. We have used this task many times before but yours was the least sophisticated implementation we've ever been provided — for example, it even failed to run successfully on the sample files bundled with the task.
The final stage meeting was an opportunity to talk about all the future improvements that could hypothetically be made to the tech task; to demonstrate your experience with Go and grasp of software engineering principles, but most importantly, how your decisions affect the wider business and end users.
However, when reviewing the task with us, you were unprepared - not even having the task to hand. Instead of being able to take us through your implementation as would be typical, we had to screen-share your task while you instructed us on how to navigate it - this was always going to be a bit awkward and I suspect is what the feedback that you "weren't interested" relates to.
Whilst it is unusual for us not to make an offer after candidates complete a technical task (the third and final stage) it does happen very occasionally as a result of the implementation and the discussion around it not quite meeting expectations from the two preceding meetings/calls.
We wish you all the best for the future.