Went through two rounds of interviews with Tredence. The first round was a positive experience. The interviewer was respectful, prepared, and asked questions that were relevant to the position to which I was applying. The technical level of the interview was difficult to seemed fair. The second interviewer was the polar opposite of the first. He literally took the interview from his car and made a point -- a proud point -- of saying he was in his car at the start of the interview. He also proudly pointed out that he had not read my CV prior to the interview. The whole tone of the interview was highly adversarial and aggressive. The interviewer kept jumping from topic to topic and trying to ask me gotcha questions, including questions about specialized DevOps processes that were mostly irrelevant to a Data Science position. He apparently failed me, though I was considering withdrawing from the process from my end even before I found out about the rejection from the second interviewer based on the negative experience with the interview.

Highly Unpleasant and Unprofessional Interview Experience My interview experience was extremely disappointing. Right from the start, the interviewers came across as rude and dismissive. They seemed more interested in hearing specific jargon around machine learning theory than actually assessing understanding. If you didn’t use the exact buzzwords they expected, they would abruptly say things like “you don’t even know this,” without giving you a fair chance to explain. The scheduling was chaotic and inconsiderate. One round was rescheduled even after I had already joined the meeting. I waited for 10 minutes only to be told it would be moved to Friday. Then, without notice, that round was preponed to the same day. I still made myself available, and the interview went well. Later that evening, around 7 PM, the Talent Acquisition (TA) team called and asked if I could attend the final round at 8 PM. I agreed, but again, the interviewer was rude and repeatedly emphasized he had “very limited time,” which made the interaction rushed and uncomfortable. Despite this, I felt the round went well. To my surprise, the following Monday, the TA called saying they wanted to re-evaluate and conduct the third round again. Since I already had another offer and my joining date was just two days away, I requested to prepone the interview. They declined, asked for details about my offer, and when they found they couldn’t match the compensation, they made no further effort to adjust the schedule. Finally, on the day they wanted to conduct the interview, I had already joined another organization. There was no point in continuing, given the poor communication, constant rescheduling, lack of professionalism, and unwillingness to meet salary expectations. Candidates deserve a transparent, respectful, and efficient process—this experience was far from it.