As this was for a technical position, first I was given a technical questionnaire. After submitting which, I was invited for a 30-minute screening interview.

I was not asked much in the screening interview. Background verification and general questions about why I wanted to work with Gitlab were asked.

No technical questions were asked. I had expected some technical questions, reading through the interview process mentioned on their 'Interviewing' page. During the interview, the recruiter was focused mostly on ascertaining how many years I had worked full-time, which I reiterated to them, even though I had mentioned it clearly in my resume.

They told me that they wanted to check if I had around 2 years of full-time work experience, which was strange because I had graduated just 8 months back from university and could not have had that experience in any way. All of that was already mentioned on my resume when I first applied!

Nowhere did they communicate that they required that many years of full-time work experience, and it felt like the recruiter had not even read through my resume before the screening call and just on-boarded me with the interview process, even if this was an unmentioned requirement.

This was the only major problem with the interview process. On the job description page on their website, Gitlab did not mention anywhere if they required a particular number of years of experience for this position, and that was the reason I applied in the first place. This lack of communication and possibly screening out for the unmentioned experience requirement makes me feel I wasted time on their interview process.

Gitlab should be very clear about their expectations and avoid wasting applicants' time and leaving them with a bad experience.

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