Initially, there was a telephone screening interview that I easily passed and had a strong feeling I was a high match. They then flew me into NYC, got a car rental, drove to Norwalk, CT, and stayed at a hotel overnight. Then I was interviewed the next morning by three members over two hours. One was a software manager, another a test team lead, and the third a senior test team member. They explained the interviewers are randomly selected, so it's not the same for each candidate. There was no written test, and even for the verbal questions, I didn't need to use the whiteboard. The first interviewer, the manager, was more about explaining what they do and why I was being interviewed, but he did not go into detail. The second was the test team lead, and he asked detailed technical questions, mostly if I could explain testing methodologies and how I would approach their testing effort. The third interviewer was less detailed, and the questions were more broad-based. I had the afternoon free as my flight left late that night. But as I left for the airport at 4:30 PM, I received a call from the recruiter informing me I was not selected for the contract position. The feedback was both cryptic and confusing, so I believe I did not land it because I work on embedded systems, whereas they work on large-scale server-style software systems. I was not a close enough match.

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