Overall the interview process was very good. First was the interview with HR and answering typical HR questions, including salary expectations. Second came an interview with Dept Manager and she ask to analyze a spreadsheet with data from a past online campaign. Third was an interview with the CEO and Dept Manager, prior to the interview I had to prepare a 100day online marketing plan for lead generation. Everything went accordingly until I got an invitation email to a wrap up call scheduled to be in 2 days from that email. Of course this could mean anything, either an offer or a rejection. To my surprise the call was unfortunately a rejection, and the reason was that my salary expectations were too high. This part confused me too much... since they have this info from day 1... nevertheless I tried to negotiate or get to know the actual number and the HR lady said that there was a big gap and I would not consider it. At that point I got a bit disappointed because basically they wasted my time and also theirs. When I asked why did they move forward with the process she said because they liked me... this made me angry, still they knew my salary expectations and they willingly decided to move forward to the end knowing they would not make an offer because of the budget for that position. Honestly, at that pont I don’t know what to think, they made a call to notify a rejection or they wanted me to consider the lower salary? It never was clear, the only clear thing is that they were not transparent with this salary information since day 1. I think it would be better if they just say the found a better candidate than make up stories about the salary.