Nobody to blame, but he interviewer was "off" full of problem with his computer that morning. Not sure, but looks they update the computers right away Microsoft have a new update "looks like that" and for me was , that is not the best practices in I.T, the video conference was full of interruptions, lost communication from Paragon side. so many, I think both parties we gave up. And nothing else happened later. lack of interest. 30 minutes interview was like 15 minutes with us talking alone some periods of time. The interviewer show me not interest. "maybe I am wrong" but that was I took with me after.
I applied online via LinkedIn and got a rejection email three days later. I then got a call from a recruiter who thought I'd be a good fit for the role explaining they were overwhelmed with applicants so they rejected everyone and contracted in a recruiter because the hiring manager took leave and didn't have time to read any of the applications.
Recruiter assured me it would be 2 days per week in the office, so a personality assessment and a credit check later, I was invited to attend for an interview. It was made clear to me before hand that there would not be a visitor parking space for me, so I'd have to pay to park elsewhere.
The hiring manager explained that the staff need to reserve themselves a parking spot and the window opens during my interview, so she plays with her phone to reserve tomorrow's parking space during the interview which I felt was incredibly rude. She later explains that she expects her team to be in the office "at least 3/4/5 days per week" which was very different from what the recruiter said.
...what a waste of time that was.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some general competency questions, nothing unexpected.
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Paragon Banking Group (Solihull, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
Invited to initial informal chat. Interviewer is manager of department. Spoke for majority of the time. I asked questions about the role, the team and department but responses were vague. Had chat on a Monday, was told would find out if I would be invited for formal interview I would find out by Friday, Monday latest. Waited 2 weeks. Had to chase to then receive a generic rejection