I'd been in contact with a recruiter previously, so I applied to a TSE role and had a screening call with him in July 2024. After this I waited for almost 3 weeks for a response - I was told the hiring manager was OOO. When I finally heard back they wanted me to take their technical test. This stressed me out and I found it slightly hypocritical that 3 weeks had gone by with radio silence on their end and then they suddenly wanted to me take the test ASAP. It wasn't that difficult in the end, so I moved onto the interview round. If I made it through this interview round then I would advance to the final round which was talking with the head of the department. At this point a different recruiter became my new point of contact with little explanation. The interview was a panel, where I talked to 3 current employees and the hiring manager back-to-back. I thought it went fine but I was rejected because they hired someone else with more experience. The rejection email was timely but was very boilerplate and gave no feedback which I found extremely disappointing. I ended up calling the (new) recruiter for feedback, which she gave to me. It was not very constructive, however; essentially "we wanted someone with more experience." I hope they give future candidates the detailed feedback they deserve and proper explanations regarding their decisions, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case lately. I was excited about Pendo going into the process, but by the end I felt they had disrespected me and my time.