It was a multi-stage process with two telephone interviews and then a face-to-face. I was told that the first telephone interview would be non-technical, this wasn't the case, it was entirely technical. It consisted of three main categories - Java language, Java API and design patterns. I did quite well as I know my Java (20 yrs experience). This got me a second telephone interview. The second interview was non-technical and focussed on why I wanted the job, working practices, techniques, approaches to problems etc. It may have gone into employment history too. It went OK. It wasn't difficult, it was just to see if you'd fit in with the company and for them to get to know you and vice versa. The final stage was face-to-face. I turned up on time and managed to gain entry; there is no reception, a random person let me in. Someone made me a coffee and sat me in a room on my own. I waited for what must have been about 15 minutes for a manager to come and see me. They said hello, had a brief chat then disappeared for several more minutes. It was almost as if they weren't expecting me or were unprepared. Finally someone appeared to take me to the first stage of the interview which was a pair programming exercise. It wasn't difficult but nerves got the better of me and I had a mental block which slowed me down. They didn't seem to take this into account. Apart from that I think I did well. I solved the problem but like I said, the mental block caused by nerves (the manager was standing behind me most of the time) let me down. I don't know what they are trying to judge in artificial scenarios like this. You can't get a good picture of someone in artificial conditions. When that was finished I was led back to the same room I started in for the second stage which was led by a manager and another employee. I can't remember the specific questions they asked me but it was the usual non-technical questions you can expect in an interview. What I do remember though is that they didn't put me at ease. The questions seemed disjoined, like they were just reading from a list. I didn't warm to the interviewers, they seemed wooden and distant which didn't calm my nerves. One of the questions I do remember was to do with dealing with difficult people, because "they've got a few people like that in the company". I kid you not. I tried to start conversation flows but they always killed them and moved on to the next question. The whole thing felt artificial. I asked about working from home and they said they don't do that at all as they work collaboratively. That put me off a bit because more and more people are working from home these days, especially now with Covid-19 lockdowns. I wonder how they are coping with that. So that was it. A pretty lame final stage interview. I never got a tour of the office. It felt very clinical and left me disappointed. I never got an offer but I never got any feedback either, beyond a vague statement about not showing excellence. I mean, what?? I was never given the chance. The fact that they couldn't be bothered to give decent feedback and the fact that their interview technique is so poor speaks volumes.