They were confused.

First, they forgot to call me at the scheduled time, so I had to contact someone from the agency. He then arranged a new time. Also, on the same day as that first 'missed' phone interview, I received a rejection email, which was, obviously, a mistake.

The first interview lasted about 30 minutes, and the questions were usual ones about C++ and Unix.

I got through to the second technical interview, but then I was surprised – it was about 80% the same as the first one! Same questions, same topics.

I was confused, but I answered even better than in the first interview (I had read more about it after the first interview).

So, I was expecting to pass the second round, since I had already passed a similar first round, and I performed well in the second round. But then I received the rejection email.

My guess is: since I'm from outside the EU, they probably judged that it would be too much for them to pay for the entire process.

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