Celestial AI Technical Program Manager interview questions

It’s becoming common for some Silicon Valley startups to treat interviews as free consulting, and Celestial AI is no exception. From the start, they clearly knew from my resume that I wasn’t the exact hire they wanted, yet the conversation centered on extracting details about how large organizations operate — tools engineers use, workflows, cross-functional collaboration and methods. It felt less like an evaluation and more like mining for playbooks they haven’t built themselves. Using candidate time this way is unprofessional and transparent.