1st - Screening round by the technical recruiter.

2nd - Telephonic round where 2 members of the team were present.

3rd - 2 rounds of in-person interview.

There was no question that I could not answer. Many questions were vague, such as, "Do you prefer working in a team or alone?" When I said teamwork is good, I was told, "Can't you take sole ownership?" When I tried to explain the difference between ownership and working alone, I was told, "Team feedback is needed."

I was asked technical questions, all of which I could answer. The manager did try to argue with me on my technical responses, but I maintained my stand. In fact, the other interviewer told the manager that I was right.

Then they started asking SQL questions. SQL is not my forte and wasn't a mandatory skillset for that role. I managed to answer 60% of the SQL questions.

I was rejected. This experience clearly indicates that they had already made up their mind to reject me. It was biased.

Grilling on SQL when it was not demanded for this role.