I've been through the interview process several times over the years. The process involves a tech test, followed by two interviews: a system design part and a behavioural part.

In one interview, I failed on the system design, and in the most recent interview, the behavioural part. But they didn't take into account historical interview results. Maybe it's fate and not meant to be, but I feel there's an elitist vibe masked by an "inclusive" public image. In the most recent interview, I prepared the hardest I ever have for an interview. I followed all the resources they linked to and wrote examples to match, but it still wasn't good enough.

Just to give some perspective, I'm a seasoned iOS engineer having worked for some of the biggest brands and companies around. I know this doesn't mean it should be a breeze, but I've worked in fintech for some time now, and I know how feature teams work and have solid experience of how iOS apps are meant to be built. My general gut feel says there's race bias in the interview, and I don't seem to fit the "white male" criteria to make the cut. Every interview I had was given by all white guys, apart from the first one, which had a white woman.

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