The interview process is rigid and seems as though it is living in the HR practices of 1990s or earlier. HR seems inexperienced and asked me to fill in a lengthy redundant interview form, this is required to be filled and sent it first before the interview stage. I was shortlisted for a one round interview with the senior director, from HR/merchandising (?) through zoom. The interviewer said that I will receive an application update in a week's time. A week after the interview, I reached out to HR for an update on my application. The response provided was that they are still at the reviewing stage and will update asap. After another follow-up, they responded that I will not be selected for the position without a reason. When I followed-up with HR to ask for a reason, the reason given was that "my experience does not come from the same industry". This left me bewildered and in the first place, why was I shortlisted for an interview if this was a main criteria? This is not efficient and used up not only the opportunity cost of myself, but HR and the interviewer. If this is the HR interview process, I wonder what kind of internal HR processes they have and their HR practices. I am also curious if the management is aware of such HR processes, which is shocking to say the least. I take this as a blessing of disguise as this might be one of the underlying issue of the company that might cause a correlation to the business' bottomline.