Shady Design Interview Process. The job interview process didn't seem sincere and straightforward because despite submitting an amazing design solution and getting a rejection, I noticed the submitted design solution was copied

A four stage interview process for a mid-level role (paying a Junior salary) which included: 1, Interview with HR 2. Technical interview Assignment 3. Competency Interview with the main stakeholder 4. Final Interview with the founder and CEO I only did the first two steps as my technical assignment was not good enough. There was a distinct lack of awareness throughout. I mentioned some technology acquired in the first stage, which the HR rep knew nothing about. In the technical stage, the brief was relatively straight forward but lacked any real depth, especially the Mission and Vision for MrQ - if you removed the mention of MrQ they could be applied to any company. My response to the task was good, but not good enough. The feedback given by the design lead was vanilla design stuff, which came across like they had just Googled "typical Product Design process" and regurgitated it back to me. In hindsight, I am very glad and happy that I didn't make it through, as during the process it became clear that MrQ is not a progressive company (even thought they claim to be), which is fine for people who want to coast in a job - but I would avoid if you are aspirational and value design.