An extremely disappointing experience interviewing with Synthflow AI. The process was chaotic, unprofessional, and showed a complete disregard for candidates' time.
Timeline: ~2 months from initial contact to final outcome
Process breakdown:
1. Recruiter screening
2. Take-home coding assignment
3. Live coding interview → unexpectedly turned into system design/architecture without prior notice
4. Received rejection email
5. Immediately followed by: "previous email was sent by mistake"
6. Another live coding interview scheduled
7. CTO interview scheduled → cancelled 20 minutes before start time
Key issues:
- Extremely slow process with weeks of radio silence between steps
- No clear agenda or expectations set before interviews
- Contradictory communication — rejection sent, then retracted as "mistake"
- Last-minute cancellation of final interview with CTO
- No feedback provided at any stage
I've interviewed with many companies and have never experienced such disrespectful treatment. Cancelling an interview 20 minutes before — especially after a 2-month process — shows a complete lack of professionalism.
If this is how they treat candidates, I can only imagine what it's like internally.