Had an initial call with a Director who ran through the expectations for the job and asked me some process-driven questions. Very professional interviewer, standard questions focused on resume points.

First and HR round which is not up to the mark. Had applied through an employee, so felt that it was just a formality being completed. Interview went very well but it was rejected. No substantial reason was given for rejection, it felt like they are just interviewing for the sake of interview. Overall the experience was not good. At a senior level, it is more of skills and very doubtful how an HR can judge the research skills. The HR was in a hurry and seemed to be not interested.