Even though the interviewer did their best, the interview had room for improvement. I think it is a great company and would love to see interviews improve at this company. I was unable to find the HR specialist for the company. I followed the interviewer's email instructions to call her when I got to the 10th floor. I arrived 15 mins early and called the interviewer. The interviewer came and took me into a meeting room, left and came back and started the interview about 10 mins early. There is no need to hurry a candidate to start early even though he/she arrived early. A candidate may not be ready and would feel obligated and pressured to start early. The interviewer never offered me any coffee/tea/water. The interviewer had me sit down in a messy and cluttered meeting room in front of a cup of water someone else had before me. It would be nice to offer a candidate, who is a guest, a beverage of some sort, even if it’s just water. At no point in time before, during, or after the interview, the interviewer never introduced themselves nor the company to me. I had to ask about the company at the end of my interview to get an introduction to the company. An introduction by the interviewer would be immediately make the candidate feel more comfortable. Even though the interviewer had a version of my resume that was 6 months to a year old, the interviewer refused to see my current resume/LinkedIn profile on my iPad when I tried to show it to the interviewer. It came across as showing lack of interest in the interview process and the candidate. Reading a current version of a candidate’s resume/LinkedIn profile is important so the interviewer has the most up-to-date information about the candidate. The best hiring decision needs the most up-to-date information about each candidate. In addition to refusing to see my current resume/LinkedIn profile, the interviewer outrageously said that I never had a QA or software testing role. On my resume it is obvious that I have 7 years of experience in QA and software testing. Was my resume looked at beforehand? It came across even more as lack of interest in the candidate and the interview process. Reading a resume is a basic step in preparing for an interview and needs to be done. At least one of the interviewer's questions were illegal. The interviewer asked me if I was born here. A question about a candidate’s place of origin is illegal, just like questions about marital status and children. It is necessary for an interviewer to understand what interview questions are illegal. It’s entirely possible my interview experience was an anomaly. I emailed the company because I wanted to give the company a chance to respond prior to posting this. After 2 weeks, there was no response.

I went to two rounds of in person interviews. The first round had a written exam about various programming languages, conceptual questions for web technologies, and some math puzzles. After the exam, more math questions and behavioural questions are asked. In the second round, I was asked about my experience and what knowledge I had about software testing. I was ghosted after the second round.