No one should be doing work before an interview even begins, especially a task this large.

I'll give credit to the company for having good pay, good benefits, great PTO, and a good product.

However, no one should be working this much before an application process and interview has even begun. It's a bad call. You, as the hiring company, will have to bear the weight of sifting through bad applicants. Make a very short, 5 question, 5 minute, questionnaire to get rid of the bottom of the barrel people.

This level of effort to even begin an application is unfair to the applicants, speaks poorly of the industry at large right now, and brings bad press your way. Hoping for an adjustment to how applicants are expected to begin. Thank you.