As ridiculous as it may sound, don’t take it personally.
Yeah thanks for the tip. I'm not taking it personally. But I still do consider this practice rude and inappropriate. It's just the rudeness is not directed at me personally but at everyone in general.
It still will reflect on the company regardless of whether anyone takes it personally.
I know it’s shitty but that’s the reality, it’s nothing personal. When doing the interviews I always give my best to be engaged and respect their time, but other things tend to fall through the cracks
The exchange is literally unbalanced here. You ask for four hours from the candidate. The candidate asks for 1 hour from you for feedback.
The candidate is also doing things on top of existing work to spend time and energy on a take-home.
There's no two ways about it. Morally it's the wrong thing to do.