I was contacted by one of their recruiters, and completed a (quite easy) technical take-home assessment which wasn't too long, so that was one positive part of the process. The in-person interview, however, was not a positive experience for me. While framing it as a "casual conversation about technology", it was in reality a trivia question type interview, asking specifics about certain technologies and very specific intricacies/nuances of technologies you may or may not actually run into while working with the technologies extensively. The interviewers also seemed very low energy, as if they were burnt out, but also just generally quite impersonal and gave me the impression they didn't like their jobs very much. The workflow as they described it also sounded quite tedious and robotic, so I'm not surprised.

The interview process was engaging and transparent, and the recruiter ensured the right expectations were set on both side. I got to learn a lot about the team, the organisation's culture, and more information to prepare me for the role.