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That's the blogger's point. The hiring manager saw the proposal, knew that wasn't what he wanted, and then proceeded to waste an entire week of the candidate's time while he was looking for income.

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What do you want the HM to say? "Actually, don't bother anymore, you've already failed"?

that's what the OP wanted.

yes. "Please don't spend a week implementing this proposal". Early reject or give some indication that the scope should be much smaller.

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