1. Sent email.
2. Received response with four questions; I sent responses.
3. Called in for a face-to-face interview, which I nailed.
4. Received an email two weeks later stating I was being offered employment, but their legal team found a conflict of interest (because I have a personal project I do for skill improvement).

Issue: Being in the tech industry, I have a side personal project for personal growth, as many tech people do. I told them about it, and that was my biggest mistake. Their legal team rejected employment for having this project without speaking to me or even taking the time to see if there is a conflict. The project has nothing to do with Nokia, yet employment was rejected.

This just shows a company that is so full of itself and legal teams who are far off from reality, where a tech person in today's industry cannot do a side project to improve their skill when it has nothing to do with their business. What this tells me: Nokia wants slave employees who will only work for them and not do anything outside of work or be passionate about technology. Other companies I interviewed with take the time to actually validate if there is a conflict, and almost always, the answer is no conflict. I was shocked by their legal team's decision.

Advice to Nokia: Hire smart legal experts who understand the tech industry. If you reject people because of side projects, you will never grow into a quality company like Apple or Google, where employees do side projects and thus increase workplace contribution.

None. Interview was too easy.