this makes plenty of sense to me. It certainly wasn't my goal to make extra work for them, and I value efficiency! At the same time, the other company was will

this makes plenty of sense to me. It certainly wasn't my goal to make extra work for them, and I value efficiency! At the same time, the other company was willing to do that extra work upfront, which made me feel like they actually wanted me to come. I think I might've felt a little differently about it had the recruiter been transparent and said something about the work involved. Then again, at the end of the day, we had all done quite a lot of work to get to that point. Not being willing to do the final steps suggests (to me) a lack of commitment to the offer.