GHOSTED, With A Dash Of Bias...
First rounds were friendly, HR was very professional. I greatly enjoyed speaking with a senior-level manager whom would have been my supervisor. Sadly, I get the impression he really wanted to bring me aboard. I think I can say the same of a second senior-level manager, with whom I also conversed.
HOWEVER, the same can not be said, of two of my panel interviewers, a senior-level director and an engineer / architect.
The first interviewer spoke over me, aggressively and loudly, throughout our ENTIRE interview, and did not appear to understand my responses to her questions. Also, I don't think she prepared, at all, for our interview.
The second interviewer's line of questioning was immediately antagonistic, when he discovered I didn't have a compsci degree (and failed to even notice my space tech and satellite training and background). He was clearly unprepared for a conversation about the actual role, or my background. There was not supposed to be coding or whiteboarding - they even disabled the Zoom whiteboard feature - but I was made to, by him, to find my own online whiteboard, for a part of the process which I was told was not even supposed to be.
I want to expand a bit, about the entire compsci thing - I've covered that, voluntarily, during my career. Sorts, data structures, memory management, multithreading are all things I put myself through extensively. Despite this, there is still prejudice to deal with. I come from a lower class background, so, we don't all get to afford university. I have been a technical professional for 20 years.
The first manager and I spoke a second time, at some extent, and it appeared as if they, indeed, wanted me there.
Then? Nothing. Not even a form rejection email.
If you don't have a compsci degree, move along to an employer who will value you, as a person, as well as what you can offer.
BTW, eBay request Glassdoor feedback. Well, here you are. You're welcome.
