You're doing it backwards. Tell me why you're worth working for. Sell me on it. We should be giving you the take-home exam. You're a self-described "run of

You're doing it backwards. Tell me why you're worth working for. Sell me on it. We should be giving you the take-home exam. You're a self-described "run of the mill" software vendor. That sounds like a workplace that is zero fun. Strike one. Good candidates who can help you are in it for the adventure. We're not in it for your average benefits and wet mop process. Strike two. You're pretentious declaring that your run-of-the-mill job "requires a reasonably deep understanding of the underlying platform" presuming that we software engineers with decades of problem-solving experience can't learn it in an afternoon. Strike three. It seems to me as though you're going through the motions to check a box but don't really want to fill the position.