I recently had the opportunity to interview for the Senior SRE position at Axon, which I applied online. A few days after applying, I was contacted by a recruiter (A.S.) to schedule a call for a short discussion. Unfortunately, during our scheduled call, the recruiter had to abruptly leave the conversation due to an urgent call from their boss. Although I understand that emergencies can occur, how the recruiter dropped without prior notice was unexpected. I was waiting on the call, though I was not told anything. When the recruiter returned the call after approximately five to seven minutes, they briefly apologized (a one-word sorry) and continued the interview without further explanation, as nothing happened. After the short chat, the recruiter mentioned that they would pass this on to the hiring manager and see which role fits and will update. Again, it surprised me as Clear communication and a detailed understanding of the role applied are crucial in any recruitment process. So I asked why you were saying which role! I applied for the Senior SRE role, and we are talking about this role, right? His response was very vague... yes we are recruiting for ... we have 6/7 candidates in the pipeline, and we will see who/how fits where. Once the call ended, I emailed the recruiter that I was withdrawing my application and would not proceed further. I am shocked and was interested to see other's feedback here. Reading others' experiences, it seems others also found it unclear/vague!

The recruitment person (HR) is good and apart from that whole process is complete waste of time. The real problem with interview process is they don't know what to do simply keeping 6-7 rounds, each 1 hr, + home exercize which takes 2-3 hrs,, but none of them person know what they doing and co-ordinations, at the end they will simply say now,, i did saw few reviews earlier and i did faced the same..