Phenom Full Stack Engineer interview experience

I went through multiple rounds and felt like I was communicating clearly about my projects and the way I thought about design and trade-offs. After completing the rounds, HR told me the next day that I’d cleared everything and that they’d follow up about payroll and next steps.

But after that, I didn’t hear back for a while, even after I chased them. Eventually, the communication that came back felt tied to compensation matching rather than the technical evaluation itself. In my view, that mismatch could have been addressed upfront, because getting told I passed and then having the decision