Most unpleasant experience with a recruiter. Note: The position is based in Canberra. The first interaction with the recruiter was via email. The recruiter sent an email asking for my availability for the interview, without providing any information regarding the form or content of the interview. After I asked for more details via email, the recruiter said the interview is on Zoom, but did not provide a link. I was expecting the link to be provided closer to the interview. On the day of interview I did not receive an email with further instructions. I called the recruiter's phone number 5 mins after the scheduled interview time. After introducing my past work experience, the recruiter made the decision that I am technically incapable to work with micro-services, despite my past experience working with it. I repeatedly stressed that it is hard to evaluate my technical suitability without knowing more details about Splunk's architecture, and the question should better be asked by an engineer. But the recruiter insisted that I "touched the red line" and is not accepted by "the company's value" based on her "gut feeling" and was unwilling to continue the interview. During the interview I asked the recruiter if the recruiter can tell anything about the service discovery at Splunk, but she was unwilling to answer because "it is not her job".

Applied online and then got an invitation for a video screen a few days later. Completed the 45 minute video screen on CoderPad. After a few weeks, they invited me to an on-site interview. They kept changing the on-site interview date. At one point, they had purchased a plane ticket for me and then cancelled it after 23 hours. Finally got a date pinned down with 6 back-to-back interviews. The lunch interviewer was nice, but it was a little awkward because he had already eaten lunch earlier. So, it was 40 minutes of me eating while he sat there and made conversation with me. Then, he asked me a whiteboard coding question during the remaining 20 minutes of my lunch hour. The interview with the hiring manager was horrible. She was looking at her phone the whole time and did not seem interested in the least. She hurriedly gave me the coding question and then went back to looking at her phone. I literally had to clear my throat loudly to get her attention. It took them 6+ weeks to send a rejection email.

After the introductory HR call, I had a coding interview and then onsite. This was the worst onsite interview of my life. I traveled from San Jose for the interview. The first 2 interviews went well and then the nightmare started. The person supposed to take me to lunch arrived and started interviewing. The "lunch" interview lasted an hour with no lunch. I am a pre diabetic and my blood sugar started dropping low. I woke up early to travel from San Jose. I had brought a granola bar with me. I asked the interviewer that my blood sugar is dropping, can I eat my snack and he says OK. As i take the first bite, boom another question. I put the bar aside and began answering his questions. I was hungry and barely able to think straight at this point. I figured this person does not like me for whatever reason (there was a lawsuit already) but i dont want to speculate the reason. Not only was this person Rude, but he tried to ask me about internal workings of the company i worked for. Anyways he leaves and the next interviewer comes. I mention that I haven't eaten anything, and he asks if I want lunch. Of course I decline because I did not want to stop the interview. At this point I should have just walked out, but unfortunately I did not. The other interviewers were nice but I was DONE! This happened year ago but i think i should share this. No one should be treated like this