I applied for this position directly through the company’s careers website. I was contacted by a Portugal-based HR representative, who remained my main point of contact throughout the entire recruitment process. After an initial interview with a manager, I was invited to the “Super Loop,” consisting of three interviews with senior stakeholders (Director/Partner/Senior Manager level) scheduled within the same week. Successfully completing these would lead to an offer. In practice, one of the three Super Loop interviews was rescheduled three times, resulting in the process extending over approximately three weeks instead of one. The offer was ultimately presented by the same HR representative based in Portugal, who appeared to have limited familiarity with Italian employment contracts. As a result, discussing contract-related topics was not always straightforward. In the end, I decided to decline the offer. For a role positioned at a managerial level with a significant operational component (it was clearly stated in multiple interviews that more than 50% of the time would be spent on coding and querying data), the company proposed a Dirigenti-level contract with a base salary at the minimum threshold for that level. In my view, this was not aligned with the nature and scope of the role. I attempted to discuss both a potential adjustment of the contract level and the compensation, but unfortunately there was no flexibility on either aspect.