I had two interviews with them that went very well. I was very open about my abilities and areas of expertise. After that, I was brought on to do a work trial where I was told to take my time and do it in up to 4 weeks. I joined a Slack channel and got access to their documentation to read through and report back with my impressions. There was no formal orientation beyond that. The documentation was littered with memes from a transphobic TV show that did not make me feel safe at the company as a trans person. Later, I spoke with my potential manager and learned I had misunderstood the task and that I needed to communicate more with the other members. I was assured that this is still OK and we discussed a course correction. I also spoke of my concerns as a trans person when representing the company in public spaces and on social media, as I've dealt with a lack of support from employers in the past. I was assured this was not a problem. A holiday weekend passed, and I went to work on that plan, communicating with the team over Slack. Before I was even able to get responses, I was informed by the manager that they were ending my trial. The reasoning was my communication - which I never had the chance to correct from my initial misunderstanding - and that I did not possess full-stack dev abilities and was focused in social media marketing - which they would've known was my expertise from the first two interviews. This was especially perplexing, because at no point prior were these skills described as being necessary and I was honest about my lack of coding knowledge throughout the interview process. It was a triggering, confusing, and demoralizing experience and I'll probably be carrying the trauma caused by their insincerity for the rest of my career. Absolutely devastating.