After an introduction call (45 minutes) with a HR partner which included company introduction, review of my current position, salary expectations for the interviewed position and a few technical questions, a code assignment was sent to me, to be completed in a maximum timespan of 4 days. I completed and sent the assignment result on time and waited for the results. A week later, I received a call from the HR partner stating that there will be no offer, as there is a high discrepancy between the expected salary I asked for in the introduction call, and the one they can offer. If so, why even bother giving me the assignment? They did not even provide any constructive feedback on the submitted code, makes me doubt that they even reviewed it!

Very exhausting interview, including questions not refering to the position. They have to understand that when a programmer does not know the answer he will search the Internet and this job is very depened on those searches and not always on what you know by experience or by heart. Thus, exhausting the interviewee is not going to help the interviewer know if they are a good choice.