I applied on the careers page and attached my CV for them to review.

They replied within a week with an email containing a link to a form for me to fill in. The form contained around ten open-ended questions like:

• Why and when would you use a JavaScript framework?
• Can you explain what XSS is and how it can be prevented?

After four days passed, we scheduled a Zoom interview.

The interview started with general questioning from the Gitlab handbook. We spoke about management styles and some simple STAR-based questions.

At the end of the interview, the interviewer casually mentioned that because I have worked for a couple of companies for less than two years, I will now be rejected. They explained that it is company policy not to hire anyone that has previously worked for a company for less than two years.

I said that was a shame, and the call ended.

It would have wasted less time to tell me right at the beginning. A simple, "Hey! You look like a good candidate, but we can't hire anyone that has worked for a company for less than two years. Sorry."

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