Interview with hiring manager, design activity, and round with product team. The design activity was not great as it was very much focused on their product. Also it as a takeaway task.

The overall process took ~1.5 months including Christmas break in the middle. A typical interview structure that filters candidates down: screening-> hiring manager ->panel presentation -> 1:1s. Everyone I talked to was super supportive and professional which left me a good impression of the company.

Working with recruiter was uneventful. First and second interviews were phone and panel interviews that were also uneventful. 3rd was ½ day meet the teams followed by a design exercise. Team was all white men. It was between myself and one other candidate, who was a man (I know because the person who referred me told me later). I didn’t get the job and when I asked why the hiring manager said they were worried I wouldn’t understand the technology. We had discussed during interview process that I have experience literally using their product as a robotics coach and when in R&D lab at Intel designing and building prototypes. I advise caution if you are a woman or POC. They didn’t even understand that having said what they did to me is an HR nightmare.