First, you do a general interview in which the recruiter try to know your aspirations, give you information about the company and you can ask questions. It was very good. After, you will get a take-home project. The project was quite easy and achievable in time. After the project, you have a technical interview. That's where things get weird. I didn't understand the fact of having a technical interview when I carried out a project that you validated. I thought the interview would consist of questions about choices I made on the project but NO. It was a THEORETICAL interview. Like what's difference between X and Y... what's A... how to do Z... I just completed your project and you still doubt my skills or what? What's the point? And this theoretical interview is so important for you, better do it before the project. It will allow the candidate to not waste time by devoting several days to this project if he doesn't pass this interview. I don't understand why in 2022, some companies are still assessing candidates based on their their ability to memorize things. Understand how things work is more important than memorizing definitions. It's not like when working at a company, we are not allowed to make research on Internet to build a project. Sometimes, we can forget the most basic things but it's not make us bad engineers.