Similar experience with DuckDuckGo - except I didn’t get past their bullshit first part which was “write 7 pages describing a project you designed in the last year”.

They claimed it would take only a couple of hours but for the 15 or so bullet point requirements that was simply not realistic. Spent a couple of days on it and the only feedback I got was no thanks.

They had previously stated they pay for every stage regardless of outcome. After sending my details they never paid me.

Feels vastly hypocritical given their stated people first work culture.