Most unpleasant experience with a recruiter. Note: The position is based in Canberra. The first interaction with the recruiter was via email. The recruiter sent an email asking for my availability for the interview, without providing any information regarding the form or content of the interview. After I asked for more details via email, the recruiter said the interview is on Zoom, but did not provide a link. I was expecting the link to be provided closer to the interview. On the day of interview I did not receive an email with further instructions. I called the recruiter's phone number 5 mins after the scheduled interview time. After introducing my past work experience, the recruiter made the decision that I am technically incapable to work with micro-services, despite my past experience working with it. I repeatedly stressed that it is hard to evaluate my technical suitability without knowing more details about Splunk's architecture, and the question should better be asked by an engineer. But the recruiter insisted that I "touched the red line" and is not accepted by "the company's value" based on her "gut feeling" and was unwilling to continue the interview. During the interview I asked the recruiter if the recruiter can tell anything about the service discovery at Splunk, but she was unwilling to answer because "it is not her job".

After the introductory HR call, I had a coding interview and then onsite. This was the worst onsite interview of my life. I traveled from San Jose for the interview. The first 2 interviews went well and then the nightmare started. The person supposed to take me to lunch arrived and started interviewing. The "lunch" interview lasted an hour with no lunch. I am a pre diabetic and my blood sugar started dropping low. I woke up early to travel from San Jose. I had brought a granola bar with me. I asked the interviewer that my blood sugar is dropping, can I eat my snack and he says OK. As i take the first bite, boom another question. I put the bar aside and began answering his questions. I was hungry and barely able to think straight at this point. I figured this person does not like me for whatever reason (there was a lawsuit already) but i dont want to speculate the reason. Not only was this person Rude, but he tried to ask me about internal workings of the company i worked for. Anyways he leaves and the next interviewer comes. I mention that I haven't eaten anything, and he asks if I want lunch. Of course I decline because I did not want to stop the interview. At this point I should have just walked out, but unfortunately I did not. The other interviewers were nice but I was DONE! This happened year ago but i think i should share this. No one should be treated like this