There were three phone screens over the course of a month, followed up by a superday of four more interviews on-site. Everything went well until the superday, where I was a bit thrown off by the coding questions and had not prepared properly. The presentation was awkward as well, as most of the interviewers were remote and the ones present were on both sides of me. Despite their repeated questioning of "are you relaxed? don't feel nervous", it was a bit of an odd set up. I only really rate it as a negative experience because a week after rejecting me, someone from HR asked me to give them a detailed review of my experience. Sorry, without feedback from you, I cannot give that.

I applied online for a position fitting well to my background. I got a 10 min phone screen. The recruiter was not happy with my background. I got a rejection email later on.

I applied online for a position even though my background wasn't a perfect match. I felt they would have a lot of trouble finding a candidate who ticked all the boxes! I received an email from a recruiter within a couple of days, did a 30 min phone screen, and then a 24 h coding challenge. The job ad was taken down about a week after my coding challenge which I thought was a bad sign. Eventually, after following up with the recruiter, I got a technical phone interview with hiring manager. I enjoyed our conversation but I got the sense that the fit wasn't quite right. After following up again, I was informed that the team had decided to hire no one for their two open positions, and instead posted new, rewritten ads. The recruiter called me to inform me of the rejection. They provided feedback and an explanation of what happened with the position. I appreciated that I was not just sent a standard rejection email, after investing a significant amount of time in the process.