Overall, the interview difficulty was fairly easy. Some questions referenced tasks I performed more than 10 years ago, and while I didn’t recall the exact commands from back then, I clearly explained the logic and approach behind them.

The process itself was lengthy: three phone interviews and one onsite interview, which required preparing a full PowerPoint presentation. The onsite panel included seven people, all of whom were friendly and gave very positive feedback throughout.

What became frustrating was the extremely slow timeline. After weeks of communication that made it seem like I was the ideal candidate, I eventually received a generic “we’ve moved forward with other candidates” message — despite the role being reposted on LinkedIn shortly after. The inconsistency really stood out.

As others have mentioned, it sometimes feels like if you’re over 30, your chances might be… well, under 30% (to keep the number consistent). Not sure what’s going on here, but the entire process started feeling more like a social experiment than a genuine hiring effort.

Pretty much questions from previous work experience.