At this tumultuous time in technology, many candidates have had experience interviewing with a multitude of companies. My experience is similar - and unfortunately, Rubrik’s process has been the worst. The process was full of confusion, deceit, and deception. I made contact with a recruiter early on in the process who scheduled an interview with the hiring manager for the managerial role I was applying for. After I prepared for the interview and showed up on time, the hiring manager showed up - late and distracted. The hiring manager then spent a good third of the time remaining explaining why a company similar to the one I had most of my experience at… wasn’t a good fit for Rubrik? I explained the transitive skills that would suit the role well, and retold conversations with employees who transitioned from the former company to Rubrik and had found success. Didn’t matter - this one element of my resume superseded the rest of our conversation, and I spent the last 20 minutes of the interview being told about how bigger legacy companies wouldn’t be a fit at Rubrik. A complete waste of time all around and really encourage the company to be more mindful - if a candidate, for some reason, has an experience at a company that you feel isn’t a good fit at Rubrik, why schedule an interview? I imagine Rubrik wants to reach the scale and size of the company of both I and the hiring manager’s previous experience - why not take the transitive benefits of these companies into account? The hiring manager set uncommon next steps with me, mentioning that she’d have a recruiting coordinator set up an in-person coffee chat with me. Silence for a week. Got a denial email a week later. Would strongly encourage candidates to avoid this company’s interview process - even in the midst of economic turmoil.