Marqeta interview questions

I reached out to the recruiter via LinkedIn to ask her to review my qualifications. She thought I was a good fit for the role and asked for my availability right away for a phone screen. We connected on the phone and she immediately transferred me to the hiring manager who I met with for a little over 40 minutes. Within minutes after the call with the hiring manager I was asked to come in two days later to meet with a panel of 5 people. The interviews went very well and based on feedback from the interviewers throughout the process my experience fit what they were looking for. Two days later I got a stock rejection email and it was quite jarring based on how well things went. Looking back on the experience I feel like there were a few red flags. 1. The recruiter was not convincing when she explained the work environment at the company. It felt like she was selling me an untruth. 2. The immediate transfer to the hiring manager made it seem like they were hurting for candidates. Furthermore, the panel interview two days later seemed rushed. 3. That being said, each of my interviews were very positive and multiple people confirmed that my experience was a good fit, yet the end of the process came with a stock email saying they decided to not go with me as the hire. 4. I followed up with the recruiter for feedback and she told me she thought I was "great" but she did not provide specific feedback as to why they decided against me. I thought that was weird. Something strange happened and I can't quite figure it out.

The recruiter from Marqeta reached out and I talked with her then the head of product design. After that they set up an inperson interview. When I went in for my in person interview I had 1:1s with 5 different people which was a 4 hour interview. I really enjoyed the people I interviewed with and for the most part it seemed as though we were aligned in most areas. The only off feeling I got in terms of personality was with the Head of Product Design. The reasoning behind that was they mentioned on the B2B side of the platform they do not do user research, nor do they see a future where that is possible. I have never experienced this comment from someone who mentioned they were bringing design thinking into the company. They also seemed to dislike that I enjoyed utilizing a design process, yet in all my interviews they said the goal was to bring on a person who could help them define a deisgn process as they had not done that yet. Everyone was always so busy, which is typical for the startup life style and I'd be completely okay if they admitted that. However, people would tell me they are really busy and in a growth period so they sometimes work weekends, but then would follow up with "I don't think your job would require that of you though." I highly doubt that would be the case. I don't even mind working extra if the job is right, then I am passionate about working hard to create the product.