Two interviews were conducted: one for a UX Developer and one for a Front End Engineer position.

The first interview was not for the position I wanted, but I agreed to go through the process.

The stages were:

• Phone screening
• 1-on-1 phone manager interview
• Take-home project (medium difficulty, 7 days allowed to complete)
• A full day on-campus, with 5 different interview sessions

After the first interview, Indeed indicated that they would pursue some local candidates instead (no real reasons for the "no" were given, other than perhaps saving money on Visa/relocation). However, they extended an invitation to interview for the Front End Engineer role, which I actually wanted anyway. The process was the same as above, but the project was skipped.

After another all-day on-site interview, Indeed again indicated that they would pursue another candidate. The only feedback was that I needed "more initiative in the coding sections," which didn't make sense since I drove the coding sections myself (as one does in an interview).

So, overall, 2 months of time were spent with only ephemeral feedback. I strongly suspect the real reasons were cost of relocation and Visa.

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