After investing pretty significant time across 6 interviews, the recruiter ghosted. Never received a final update from them. Follow-up emails went unanswered, and the process effectively ended with silence. Regardless of outcome, was quite disrespectful and unprofessional.
I was also surprised by the level of domain expertise. For a team focused on digital assets, several interviewers only had a superficial understanding of core concepts.
In one conversation, their lead engineer challenged me on Ethereum finality. I explained that economic finality is generally measured in the ~12–15 minute range (depending on assumptions), while he aggressively insisted it was 2–5 minutes. As their technical lead, was surprising he wouldn't know something so basic. It made for a strange discussion and, along with several similar interactions, left me questioning the depth of expertise across the team.
Overall, the process was underwhelming and poorly coordinated. I expected more from Fidelity.