Experian Software Engineer interview experience

I started with multiple rounds of interviewing where the process kept expanding—after four rounds with a hiring manager, the response was that it would require another three rounds. By then I was already involved in a long sequence of coding work and emails.

What made it especially frustrating was the compensation conversation happening early. I shared a salary range, and the manager asked if I could go lower. I was willing to keep going, but when the process stretched to roughly seven rounds, it started to feel like the target kept moving rather than converging.

Eventually I was ghosted