The interview process felt unstructured and unprofessional. Several technical questions were incorrect or based on misunderstandings of core AI concepts. Attempts to clarify or explain the correct approach were not well received, which made the technical discussion ineffective.

I went through several rounds of interviews, receiving positive feedback from every team member. However, when I reached the final stage with the technical recruiter and project lead, things took a turn. From the moment he saw me, the project lead seemed uninterested, gave vague responses, and clearly had no intention of continuing the conversation. Then, this happened: He asked me a very broad question about security risks when using LLMs. When I asked for clarification, he simply said, "Guess." He kept insisting that Lenovo prioritized security but never explained in what context. Later, I realized he was referring to fine-tuning open LLMs to avoid reliance on external APIs like GPT. If this had been a topic I was unfamiliar with, and I had answered incorrectly, I wouldn’t have minded. But that wasn’t the issue—the way the question was framed made me feel like I was expected to read his mind. At first, I was really frustrated by the experience. But in hindsight, I appreciate it. After all, he would have been my boss, and maybe it was for the best.