I was told via email I was part of a handful of candidates picked from 300+ applications. This email included an invitation to submit a one-sided video "interview" by a certain deadline. This is not a very good screening process and is usually seen as a red flag to serious, professional jobseekers. Nobody wants to put effort into an interview process without any human interaction unless you're a FAANG company, ESPECIALLY in the screening process. Maybe a video as a take-home assignment AFTER an initial screening with a recruiter and learning about the role, company and salary expectations would be different. One-sided video interviews are rightfully seen as dehumanizing and not worthy of investment from a self-respecting professional's perspective. Because of this, I chose not to respond. Then I received a second email on the day of the deadline asking me again to submit a video. They seemed eager and I gave the benefit of the doubt and assumed it was because they were very impressed with my portfolio or experience, so I went against my initial judgment and worked on a 10-minute video presentation over the weekend, submitting it a couple of days late but being proud of the high production. About a week later I got a rejection email. In the email I was told I could ask for interview feedback, which I appreciated and found professional. Regardless, I was not interested in the feedback since all that had happened was I submitted a video—never had interaction with anyone. At most, this feedback would have been presentation feedback, not interview feedback. Maybe they're working out and trying to optimize their interview process—no shame. I respect that. However needless to say it did in hindsight feel like a waste of time and I wish I would have gone with my initial instinct and not participated.