Security On-Demand Software Engineer interview experience

I’d done research so the interviewer wouldn’t have to spend time selling the role to me, but the conversation still felt off from the start. I sensed the interviewer wasn’t fully prepared—there were moments when it felt like they weren’t even tracking what I was saying—and the interview ended up feeling difficult and not very productive.

The biggest takeaway for me was how the interaction itself became part of the evaluation. Even after I felt I’d covered the bases, I still got a rejection, and the wording reinforced that hiring priorities were built around culture and intelligence before