It started with a LinkedIn recruiter contacting me for a leadership position. This was followed by a basic technical questionnaire and then two one-hour phone interviews, including a coding exercise. The next stage was an onsite interview that included their standard six modules. The interview experience was very great until then.

What followed completely surprised me, and I lost all respect for the company. I was called in for a second onsite interview with management, which went on for over five hours. I did really well and thought I was in.

I was totally surprised when they said they found me too "strong" and hence wouldn't hire me. The very next day, they promoted their internal candidate to the manager position I was being interviewed for. That employee was one of the people who had interviewed me!

This is totally unethical. It is a complete shame that a company that prides itself on building solutions for job seekers has no respect for human emotions. I wasted my time obsessing over this company and making thorough preparation for the interview. It broke my heart.

The live troubleshooting of the Apache web server was a little tricky.

This has been documented by another interviewer.