This was one of the most disappointing interview processes I've been through. It's long. I started with a typical call with the recruiter, and then went through three different technical interviews. Some were live-coding, others were just verbal Q&A.

I was then told by the recruiter that the "technical interviews" had "gone well" and that they wanted me to move on to a "final" interview with a Product Owner.

I did that, and then waited almost an entire week before I was informed via email (they couldn't even bother with a phone call) that the team wasn't going to move forward due to "the technical bar not being met for our current projects." Whatever that means.

I've asked for clarification. If what's meant is that I didn't meet their technical requirements, then why was I moved along to waste my time with a "final" Product interview?

There's no reason why an interview process should be this drawn out, pedantic, and then end with such a poorly presented rejection.

Do yourself a favor. Pass on this one.

Create a simple RESTful endpoint for fetching a resource from a collection.