Southwest Airlines Software Engineer interview questions

Initially spoke with a recruiter who explained the culture and some of the benefits at Southwest. She asked about the salary I was looking for and she thought it was reasonable. Then she called back a few days later to explain that Southwest wouldn’t consider paying me what I was asking for because of my lack of experience. I didn’t understand, but I was accepting of what the new negotiating window was because of how good their benefits are. I continued to do a phone screening and then an on-site. The on-site was split into two parts, first with a manager and a mid level developer who asked personality questions and questions about agile planning and my experience. Then a group of three senior developers who asked me a little more in depth questions about my experience and what I know. I was very candid with what I knew and what I didn’t know and I felt like the interview went really well. After a week I reached back out to the recruiter and they explained that Southwest didn’t believe I had enough experience to be hired for a mid level development role but they would be interested in me applying for an associate level role and going back through the interview process. Overall not a terrible experience, but I kind of feel like they based their decision on the amount of time I have in an experienced position instead the amount of work I’ve accomplished. I’ll definitely apply again once I have more time and experience. They seem like really good people and like they have a lot of really good problems to solve.

Flew to Dallas, met with team, hiring manager and HR, no response yet to emails for the outcome of interview. HR needs to be more responsible and accountable, a total waste of time.