I was given a take home task with a 6-9 hour guide. It was a nice challenge, but I was ghosted after submitting which was disappointing due to the time I spent.

There was an onsite interview that lasted an hour with the team manager and another engineer. The interview went well and I answered most Networking questions and I was honest about what I knew, but they expected a candidate with strong Python skills, which I didn't have (and which I was open about from the start - from the moment, the recruiter contacted me). They mentioned that as the only reason while rejecting. I felt that if they really didn't want a candidate without a Python knowledge (I had not even mentioned Python on my resume, so I was very clear from my end), they needn't have called to meet me in the first place. I felt this was not such a good experience.