I had several back-and-forth interactions with a recruiter over LinkedIn and email, followed by two separate phone calls with two recruiters. I was promised a technical screen but was then unceremoniously dumped. I never heard back again from the company.

The recruiters were not technically savvy, and their behavior was unprofessional. I was overqualified for the posted position, having had experience working for a top-tier company and a well-known, extremely relevant product. However, because I did not check the boxes of the exact number of years and very specific keywords they were looking for, they treated me poorly.

First, they were reluctant to schedule a technical screen, which was absurd given my resume. Then, they agreed to schedule it but ghosted me. Follow-up emails I sent were never returned.

Regardless of whether I was the best fit for the role or not, Adobe's interactions were extremely unprofessional and completely unacceptable. I would not apply there again, nor would I recommend any of my friends in the industry to do so.

They wanted to know the exact number of years I had worked with each programming language.