The interviewer for the first phone interview never showed up. They had scheduled it on a public holiday during Easter.

I decided to give them another chance, though reluctantly, as I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten a second chance if I had done the same. We rescheduled, and I made it past this stage.

For the next technical interview, I was asked about my availability. I responded, saying any day, as long as it was before 2 pm. I also asked about the language/framework I would be tested on.

I was told they were "language-agnostic" and that the test was in Python. The role I applied for does not use Python. I would have thought that "language-agnostic" means using pseudo-code or any language of your choice, but this was not the case.

I then received my meeting invitation for 6 pm, which was not what I had specified when asked about my availability. Despite understanding the science behind the problems to be solved, I was required to figure out the syntax in Python to make the tests pass. Although I was allowed to use Google, this ate into my time considerably. I didn't answer all the questions within the given time frame (fix 5 bugs and implement 5 new features in 50 minutes).

I was then ghosted for 3 weeks until I followed up with an email. They responded stating they had progressed with another candidate and apologized for the delay.

In short:

• The first interviewer never showed up.
• They scheduled the second interview outside of the times I said I was available.
• They tested me on a language/framework I wouldn't be using on the job.

On the bright side, everyone I spoke to was very friendly. It just seems their collaboration and recruitment process needs refining.

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