This may be unusual; not everyone's experience may be like this.

During general introductions, the recruiter criticized my former employers and used adjectives to compare them with NVidia. In trying to establish that they don't negotiate salaries, they commented on my past choices.

I gave factual, courteous answers and focused on the interviews that were about to start.

Sometimes recruiters don't realize that polite candidates might let unwelcoming language pass without retort, but they are impacting NVidia's brand as an employer.

The interviews were fine in general, but we didn't seem to be a match. I don't get surprised by odd questions or behavior, but interviewers tended to cut my answers off mid-sentence. They did not like me setting context for my answers to what seemed like a theoretical situation MCQ list. The role requires soft skills, and situations are not black or white.

Normal people and project management questions, not too tough for me:

• Your strengths
• Your weaknesses
• What would you do with a late feature request that can blow away your schedule?