I had my first interview with the tech lead. Everything was fine and he explained that for this position they were looking for a more full stack generalist rather than a specialist in frontend or backend, which fit my experience. I asked about infrastructure and dev-ops and how much of it was required and mentioned this was not my strongest area as I was more product oriented dev rather than infrastructure oriented. He said that was fine and that they had other members in the team that took care of that. So he scheduled a second interview with some of the devs in the team and product owner. During that interview, the backend dev kept focusing on everything infrastructure related and asking questions about pipelines, kubernetes, aws...things I had already mentioned in the first interview was not my strongest. Whenever I wanted to talk backend api design, database, or design patterns he'd shut me off and ask me to focus on something infrastructure. The other devs and product owner were asking more relatable questions that was creating a dialogue but with the backender it was impossible. It's like he was on a mission to find my flaws and not my qualities. After that, I got an email from the tech lead with a rejection saying I lacked some of the skills required for the backend part. What a way to waste everyone's time!