For my first two interviews, I was scheduled to talk to two people. Two completely different individuals showed up. The feedback was extremely positive, and I was supposed to be scheduled for the final interview within 48 hours.

Five weeks passed, and the talent acquisition person never responded to my follow-ups. Neither did she respond to the Google employee who had recommended me.

Finally, I was booked into a wrong interview. Instead of Practice Director, I was interviewed for some junior sales position on some help desk conversation agents. Some of the conversations I had with them I can paraphrase:

"We have some questions here. Do you want us to ask them?"

As we got more technical, I mentioned the use of graphs for conversation agents and some other cutting-edge suggestions. The response from the regional lead was: "That is for engineering; we just sell it."

Eight weeks of silence ensued. No response to my follow-ups. Neither did the person who had referred me.

I still have not received feedback, and the job is closed.

My only explanation is that I was sabotaged by the recruiter, as perhaps my place of birth or my name is not desired for leadership positions at GCP in Europe. This is not the first time this sort of thing has happened to me.

There was nothing of note.