I had a 30-minute phone screen with a recruiter. The recruiter provided a lot of helpful information for the next round, but the communication was odd.

I was sent an email before the phone screen stating I had been rejected, even though I had the interview scheduled. This was a mistake, according to the recruiter.

Then, I was told my first-round interview was going to be at a certain time, but it turned out to be a day later. The day before the interview, I was wrongly sent an email meant for another candidate that made me believe my interview was once again canceled.

The day of the interview, one of the interviewers was 20 minutes late when the interview was only 30 minutes long.

I know reviews are often emotional and must be taken with a grain of salt, but this may have possibly been the worst interview experience I've ever had. Not only was the process very disorganized, but I was also rejected with the information that they felt other candidates had more experience in relational databases.

That may be true, but I have a master's degree where I took courses on relational databases and 5+ years of experience working with relational databases. Therefore, when one of the interviewers is 20 minutes late, it leads me to believe that my qualifications were not accurately assessed.

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