My interview process was jumbled and seemed like they had a plan but didn’t stick to the plan. The initial interview was missing any HR person to answer questions about the benefits and ended up being 1:1 with the hiring manager. This meant vague expectations around salary and any intentional structure to the conversation. The second interview consisted of the presentation of an assessment where the emphasis was voiced as a creative problem solving exercise but in retrospect that seems like the wrong direction. Third interview would have been with the CEO which I did not have the chance to interview. The communication for how my application was declined was also unfavourable. Where I had lots of positive reinforcement and encouragement from the hiring manager from the first interview and in subsequent emails where I solicited feedback on my assessment, the rejection letter cited a new skill that was NOT on the job description and NOT part of the interview where I could confirm/deny my length of experience. It was assumed I didn’t have this skill because it had not been presented rather focusing on the other skills that mapped directly to the assessment and the job description. Instead, I was just told a version of “sorry, not sorry”. To make matters worse, the rejection email was “recalled” without any additional response until 2 days later when I would again be reminded of and confirm my rejection. I’ve never been so disappointed in the behaviour of a company I’ve interviewed with and feel I must have dodged a bullet if this is at all indicative of their overall operations standard.