The overall impression is negative; however, there are a few strong positives I will call out, unfortunately balanced by some aspects that were really disappointing.

Had one brief prep call with the recruiter, then a technical screening, then a detailed prep call with an assigned person from the recruiting team, then got invited to their assessment centre in Reading.

Strong positives:

• Impressed with the quality of prep work guidance and interview materials sent by e-mail before the interview.
• Impressed with the proposed format of the interview (three one-hour interviews in front of a panel).
• Impressed with the level of detail in the feedback.

Amazing negatives:

• None of the three interviews were what they were supposed to be; they were one-person conversations, and I felt like I put one week of effort into preparing a presentation which was neither discussed nor seen.
• Only one interviewer in the room meant subjectivity and a risk of biased feedback.
• One of the interviewers actually made up most of the findings on which the rejection was founded.
• The feedback given was contradictory to the point of absurdity.

That being said, I fully accept the idea of an employer at will. However, rationality and consistency in the decision-making process would make two great additions to that.

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