I was first contacted by talent acquisition. Then I had an interview with an engineer on the team, after which I completed a programming homework task.

After that, I was interviewed by the team manager and the lead developer on the team. Then I interviewed with a principal developer, after which I got to see the product the team was working on with the lead developer and a game designer.

Finally, we agreed on the contract details with talent acquisition, after which I had about 3 days to make a decision.

One area where things could have gone better, in my opinion, was the contract negotiation. I was negotiating with the talent acquisition person who didn't seem very familiar with common practices in Finnish companies (I think they were working from Denmark).

For example, I asked for the possibility of additional holidays for the first year, which is a fairly common practice in Finnish companies to grant. However, this seemed to be a surprise to the talent acquisition person, and they claimed that doing so would be discriminatory.

What has been the best mistake you have made?