I went through several rounds of interviews, receiving positive feedback from every team member. However, when I reached the final stage with the technical recruiter and project lead, things took a turn. From the moment he saw me, the project lead seemed uninterested, gave vague responses, and clearly had no intention of continuing the conversation.
Then, this happened:
He asked me a very broad question about security risks when using LLMs. When I asked for clarification, he simply said, "Guess."
He kept insisting that Lenovo prioritized security but never explained in what context. Later, I realized he was referring to fine-tuning open LLMs to avoid reliance on external APIs like GPT.
If this had been a topic I was unfamiliar with, and I had answered incorrectly, I wouldn’t have minded. But that wasn’t the issue—the way the question was framed made me feel like I was expected to read his mind.
At first, I was really frustrated by the experience. But in hindsight, I appreciate it. After all, he would have been my boss, and maybe it was for the best.
