I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter. I had a 30 minute phone screening, and the recruiter was very eager to pass me to the hiring manager. The hiring manager told the recruiter that the next step of the interview is to have a conversational interview via video chat, which I was scheduled for. Upon arriving at the video interview, and after introductions, I was then asked to present my CASE STUDY. Which I obviously hadn't prepared. I told the interviewer that I had not been asked to prepare a case study, and could she please give me a brief explanation of what they are looking for so that I can choose a project in my portfolio to go over. I spent a week preparing for a conversational interview, and to be told to present a case study is unfair to candidates. After speaking again with the recruiter, it does not sound like this was a misunderstanding between them. It is up to the senior product designer on the team how they want to conduct their interviews, and this particular senior designer decided to surprise candidates with a case study request. I'm all for being prepared for anything, but case studies and Q&A are two different stages of the interview process and case studies not be sprung on candidates. All the candidates that were interviewed during this round were denied a second chance to present a case study, and instead they made a hiring decision based on the surprise case study. Overall, I love the company and what it stands for, and my experience with the recruiter was very positive. But my second stage of the interview was so unexpected and unfair, that I will not apply for any positions within this company again.