Applied via LinkedIn, contacted by Recruiter who discussed the role, advising that the job didn’t have a salary assigned and they would be led by market trends. Giving my expectations she advised that it was in line with what was discussed. Waited after our initial interview to receive a rejection email advising they would now only offer £15,000 under the original discussed salary, no question of if I would consider that salary, just that on the basis my expectations didn’t meet that I was out of the process. I contacted them back, advised that I would consider working for that salary and then all of a sudden offered a 2nd interview. I doubt they had ever intended to offer a higher salary, just a tactic. Completed the 2nd interview where the interviewers advised they were an AI first business, having designed Agentic AI systems and processes and also having protection experience, I then held out hope I would be in the running. Then after a chase email from myself because they took well over a week after I was told interviews would be finished…. An automated rejection. No personal touch, no feedback. Just dumped out. Poor performance.