Directly contacted by their sourcing HR, I was invited to apply to a senior technical position.

The content of the position was clearly specified as well as the level of seniority expected right from the beginning of the process with their HR.

The interview process was not clear especially on the number of interviews and the time span necessary for the decision to be taken. I was asked to come several times for interviews and could speak with a lot of people with whom I would be supposed to be working. All were older than me and the overall impression which I got was that their team was pretty senior.

I got very friendly and encouraging to arrogant and somewhat irrelevant comments on the technical presentation which I made but I assumed that was part of the interview process to be put under that kind of pressure and did not pick up on that.

I eventually got offered the position and the employment condition negotiations were friendly and the relocation package was fair even if the salary was not very appealing.

I first accepted their offer and was ready to sign their contract but then I declined the offer after I have given them a phone call to get more details on the contract and it turned out that they wanted to requalify it to a lower seniority level than my current job by changing the job title.

The problems started after I declined the offer with the lower title as I had to enter a battle with their HR to get my travel expenses refunded.

I was asked to prepare a technical presentation.

I was asked why I was considering to quit my current job.