It was one of the worst experiences.

There was an initial HR screening call, and the recruiter seemed really nice at the start. This was followed by a technical phone interview, on which the feedback was that I did really well and the team would like to move ahead.

After a very long delay of almost two weeks, I was then set up for a call with an SRE manager. I never really understood why that was the case, since I come from a backend role, but I still took the call, and it went well. The call wasn't meant for evaluation; it was mostly me understanding the teams and organization. I wasn't asked anything except about my background.

From here, everything went downhill after I asked the recruiter how to proceed on the onsite and that I would like them to consider me for backend roles, not SRE roles. After a good two to three weeks of continuously chasing the recruiter and calling him multiple times, I was told that he was working with his manager to set up the onsite with the right team very soon.

The very next day, I received an auto-rejection email. Wow.

They would appear as if it's one of the best upcoming startups, but they are totally unprofessional from inside. I am not sad about the rejection itself, but sad that there was no justification in the email. The technical screening wasn't easy to clear either. I was excited about the company and delayed other phone rounds to wrap up their onsite first, but it seems the company has no coordination and credibility.

General LC medium-hard level question.