Fetch Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) interview questions

Applied online and got a take home assignment 2 weeks later. I submitted my project the same day but couldn't get any follow up (emailed recruiter, messaged on linkedin) for 2.5 weeks. Just got a generic "We have decided to move forward with other candidates in the process who are more closely aligned with the requirements of the position" email. Why waste my time with an assignment if I don't align with the job requirements? Why wait almost 3 weeks to decline my application if you had my resume since the start of the process?

Got an email after applying about a coding exercise which I completed in a couple hours but “failed” because my solution wasn’t “extendable”. It was in my opinion but oh well. Waste of time!!