After submitting my application, I received a call for a first phone interview.

The first interview was conducted by someone who didn't seem to know anything about machine learning, so it felt like a total waste of time.

After the first interview, I received a call for a second interview.

Interestingly, before the second interview, I received an abrupt call from the hiring manager. He immediately began asking about my experience, my current salary, and my salary expectations. When I mentioned my expectations, he stated that they had many better candidates with more relevant experience and from good schools, whose salary expectations were lower than mine.

It was a very awkward conversation, and it seemed like he was trying to pressure me to lower my expectations. His asking for my current salary without any offer, and valuing a candidate willing to accept lower pay over their qualifications, was particularly alarming.

Overall, it was a really bad interview process experience.

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