Pearl Senior Software Engineer interview questions

I had 4 interviews. The interview took place online and took about 1 month. During the first conversation with the senior recruiter, I explained all my expectations and the desired salary, I was completely honest with the numbers and said that I did not want to waste my time and theirs if they could not offer me a certain minimum range. The recruiter said the company could live up to my expectations. Communication with the engineering team and hiring manager went smoothly. I really liked the team, JustAnswer seems to have a great engineering team. After the recruiter called me. I missed the call and she left a voice message. She said that they wanted to make an offer, but they could not give the desired salary. I called her back, but she didn't answer. I sent her a couple of emails during 4 days, but she did not answer. I was upset, I didn't understand what was going on. I decided to email the hiring manager to see if they were considering me as a candidate. I received a reply from a recruiter right after my email to the hiring manager. What was the problem to answer me before? She offered a salary of $40,000 less than we agreed, and said that initially this was the maximum for this position. Of course, I rejected. I felt cheated and disappointed. It looks like the recruiter doesn't care about her candidates at all and it was a SENIOR recruiter. Why did they do this 1 month interviewing process if they couldn't initially offer me the salary I wanted? Why they spent my time? Why did not answer my calls and emails?

Monopoly of one person. It’s his decision only whether to select or reject candidate after so many rounds of interviews. First round was solving some coding questions for 60 mins, I solved all. Got good feedback. Then second round was for 90 mins with three persons, they had asked coding and questions, this rond also went pretty Well. All persons gave positive feedback. Then next round they took on Saturday for 90 mins, it also went well. Then I heard from HR after one week that feedback was not positive. I was 100% confident that I will clear this round. Can I know the reason how one person can take decision to reject a candidate based on his personal interest? You guys should give proper reason, because I’m seriously not convicted with this decision.