Interviewing is a two way process. Rejecting someone for unknown reasons without providing feedback as to why, I think is a poor way to conduct the process. I appreciate it takes time and effort, but the time and effort has already been taken on the interviewers part to discern that a canditate is not suitable for "x" reasons, the time and effort contributed by the interviewee should be acknowledged as such and feedback should be given especially when asked. It takes literal minutes for that feedback to be passed along to a hiring manager and then to the rejected applicant. Not doing so encourages applicants to not re-apply in the future even if they have filled in the missing skills.

It is a 3-stage interview process. I had the first-stage with their HR manager and then was sent a tech-test to complete in my own time. I worked for some time on it and made sure that everything worked. I even provided a docker for them to run, which I'm sure they didn't bother to use. Part of their feedback was that I had some poor coding practices that would've cause the unit-tests not to work. I spent several days working on it and had it peer reviewed by a work colleague. Do they really think I would send in my code solution without having first run the unit-tests and the demo!??

The interview process was overall fast and efficient. It began with a 30-minute HR call as the first round. If you pass, you'll receive a take-home exercise, and once completed successfully, you'll have a 60-minute technical interview. During the technical interview, you'll discuss the exercise, delve into your previous projects, and answer design-related questions. Next, there's a 45-minute call with an Engineering Manager to assess cultural and behavioral fit, where you'll need to provide examples for each question. Up until this point, my experience was positive, and everyone I spoke with was friendly and pleasant. However, since I’m not based in the UK, there were budget-related concerns that hadn’t been addressed throughout the interview process. The company explained they couldn’t meet my salary expectations due to the additional costs of hiring overseas and verbally offered a lower amount that could work, which I agreed to. However, they still didn’t find that figure acceptable. Despite passing all stages of the interview, the end result was no offer.