I applied to Senior Marketing Manager position in India. I applied online and heard from the HR after 2 months.I wanted sent a creative exercise to complete with 3 questions, each question had few sub-sections. The exercise was quite exhaustive – more like a 3 to 6-month work at a marketing position without any communication/creative agency help. I completed the exercise in about a week and submitted an exhaustive solution ~11 pages of MS Word. Honestly, I feel it is unfair to ask a candidate [that Uber is not paying] to complete such an exhaustive exercise at their own time. It is asking a marketing professional for free consulting that will have maybe a 1/100 chance to converting into a full-time position. I received a feedback after 12 working days that Uber will not proceed with my candidature. I completely understand the business decision. Obviously only 1 candidate will eventually covert the position. However, what was striking was the reluctance to provide any feedback on my efforts. When I urged the HR to give me a timeline by when can I expect feedback, I received a vague( and borderline rude) reply stating that ‘they appreciate the intent to learn.’ If a candidate puts ~40 hours of personal time into an exercise for a position, the least a professional organization can do is provide useful feedback to the candidate. At first, on receipt of the exercise, I felt that Uber is a great organization that would urge the candidates to invest considerable time into putting together an exhaustive solution. However, on hindsight, I do feel it’s unfair to ask someone to invest a lot of personal especially when an organization cannot provide few lines of constructive feedback on the effort. I would give Uber a miss for any career opportunity in the future.