The hiring manager reached out to me directly via email no HR involvement, 2 rounds of interview one general catch up and 2nd technical, then I was told that I have been selected and HR will contact me. HR reached out and the background check started then the hiring manager calls me and tells me that the budget is not being approved and they will not go ahead with the offer. The company wasted its resources time and the candidate's time by conducting interviews and making the position redundant.

As a woman candidate, the interview process was very disorganized; some interviewers were quite impolite, especially from the India team, asking a lot of irrelevant and inappropriate questions that had nothing to do with the job specifications; the experience made me feel unsafe and uncomfortable, leading me to withdraw my application.