Phone Screen followed by Interview at New York City Office. Interviewer was new and had poor intimidating attitude and no skill - he got every technical point wrong. He asked simple questions on J EE, got it wrong like it's been called J EE for years and he thought J2EE and then said I should go along with being treated abusively and listening to wrong answers - I am good in dealing with people - they were backwards and clueless. They blundered again because they couldn't understand Java class loaders - and this was a Sr Solution Architect role. Such a lack of talent and he and another non-techinical manager kept saying 'I've never heard that before' - what losers. Management - If you want to get and keep good people lose the no talent poor attitude front line people because you have no chance of getting anyone who has programming skill let alone good professionals with people like that. I bnet you'd double to triple the quality of your talent base by removing non-technical middle managers standing in their way. Technical people ask technical questions not non-technical entry level managers who don't know they don't know.

The first interview with HR went very well. It was professional, friendly, and well structured. The second round was technical and required a prepared presentation, which I appreciated as a fair way to assess skills. However, the final behavioral interview with two managers was disappointing. It lasted 45 minutes longer than scheduled, and both interviewers appeared disengaged and dismissive throughout. I was told to expect feedback within two weeks but received none. After following up a month later, I got an instant rejection through an automated and impersonal email. I spent over five hours preparing and interviewing, and a simple update or short feedback call would have shown basic respect for candidates. Please treat applicants as people, not numbers. Poor communication and lack of empathy leave a lasting negative impression. After this experience, I would never apply for Red Hat again and would not recommend it to any of my peers.