Recruiter reached out to me directly to ask me to interview. I shared current salary and that I’d need a decent bump to move. He said not a worry at all. So I research Albert thoroughly, attend the interview, make them like me and they invite to progress. Then they ask me salary expectations and I share what I’ve already shared. They tell me the range for the job caps at my current salary so the offer will likely be lower. I decline to progress. I reach out to the recruiter and ask what happened, and I never hear from them again.

I enjoyed the primary technical assessment, which was a take-home case study. It was very much a "choose your own adventure" in terms of solution, and could be as complex or as trivial as you choose to make it within time constraints. I had to pick up their preferred language/framework, since its been a while that I've dabbled in that stack, but was reassured the focus was not on the "gotchas" of the tooling. Apart from that, I had a few conversations and everyone was a pleasure to talk to. Everyone made sure to tie things back to the success of Albert which got me pretty excited about moving forward. I also appreciated the transparency and responsiveness throughout the hiring process.