It was absolutely useless and a waste of time. I had one technical screening and a “growth path interview”.

The screening was a practical technical challenge you’d probably deal with day to day as an engineer. However, the person who interviewed me was not prepared for it.

After the screening, I had the “growth path interview”. The description for this screamed red flags all over it – a very ill-defined process where the interviewer was an HR person. They asked me why I left my previous companies and my salary expectations. There wasn’t a probing question or any deep discussion.

The response I received was a generic “other candidates were a closer match to their needs at this point in time.” When I asked what the need was, they did not disclose. I am owed this information for my time, at least. So, it could easily be based on personal bias, judging also by the fact that they don’t seem well prepared for their interviews. This could have been prevented by reading my CV.

Technical screening.

Small, practical coding task.

Superficial questions based on CV by an HR person.