The first round was a quick phone call with a recruiter. The second round was a 30-minute interview with a manager. The manager was 10 minutes late, so the interview lasted only 20 minutes. The questions were standard, mostly about the tools used on a daily basis. My impression was that the manager is very conservative, and if your experience differs from their beliefs, you won’t be considered a good fit. Alternative opinions or experiences are not appreciated. For example, the manager asked where I design test cases. In my company, we don’t use TestRail or Zephyr — all test cases are created in Jira under specific stories. The manager interrupted me and said that stories are only for developers’ features. There was also a question about troubleshooting issues in GitLab Actions. After I shared my experience, the manager responded with, “I don’t need knowledge from books.” I still don’t understand what that was supposed to mean. I would have expected a manager at a company of this level to communicate more effectively...

Interview was smooth, interviewers and manager were friendly, recruiter provided quick feedback quickly, manager told about role very detailed, answered all questions and was clear who they were looking for and what is the possible path of growth in the role.