Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry that you did not have a positive interview experience. We are very upfront about the steps in the interview process as well as the rigor and length of time the process takes once the homework assignment stage is reached. The Berke Assessment test instructions clearly state that there are no right or wrong answers because it is trying to assess an overall personality and work style preference fit, however, the homework assignment makes no such claims. We are clear in the written prompt that the homework assignment is designed to mimic an actual report request for a client and we purposefully assign a topic that the majority of candidates are unfamiliar with to assess whether a candidate can learn enough about the topic to know what to include and exclude in their final report. This is a core part of the job. Hanover's clients can ask us to provide a report on a wide variety of topics and often the researcher assigned to the project has a limited amount of time to become familiar with the topic in order to adequately address their client's query. We make the assessment on whether to invite a candidate in for an in-person interview based heavily on the research and writing quality of this report so it is unrealistic to assume all completed reports will result in an in-person interview or that a completed report will always be on point with Hanover's clients expectations. We do not assume candidates will submit perfect reports but do expect that key facts and findings to be included as well as some conclusions based on these facts. I do understand your frustration at not being selected after putting in so much work but am glad to hear that your recruiter was able to provide feedback as to why you were not selected to move forward in the process. We do wish that we could invite all candidates in for the in-person part of the process, but feel it would be an unfair use of their time unless we are confident that the individual will be able to excel at the core writing part of the role.