The interviewer was fake nice and lead me on, and told me there would be another round, only to find out they did not go ahead with me. Why act overly nice and compliment then ?

Overall experience is a bit frustrating. The first part was a take-home task, creating a test plan for the rider taxi application. Not really a difficult one, rather time-consuming. The second part was a video-call with a hiring manager, who didn't seem to be prepared for an interview at all. He had no idea about my previous experience and even after I made a self-introduction, he kept asking me things I had just covered. It was like I was talking to myself. Interview didn't have any particular structure. The manager just jumped from one thing to another, which was frustrating, to say the least. We never discussed the take-home task, that I spent a week working on, which seemed like nobody actually cared about it. He only mentioned it once at the very end of the conversation for a small reference. Questions were way too simple and basic, like 'test any object you choose'. It's a beginner-level type of question6 nothing more. As far as I got from the convo, the QA team does not seem to have processes established, I was told that "every team does what they think is applicable". And, besides that, I was told that there's no hierarchy in the team, it is organized 'horizontally', so I assume, getting promoted here would be an issue. I assume I don't have to say I wasn't very happy with the interview, however they surprised me even more! Instead of normal rejection mail, I received a generated 'your application is declined'. Application rejection mail after having a video call with the manager. Dear HR, I think your candidates deserve more respect.

I applied online. I was contacted by the recruiter and he was always there to answer any questions I had. I was asked to come up with a test plan for a ride sharing product. After submitting the test plan, my phone screen with the Engineering Manager was scheduled. He was very respectful and was very clear about the next steps and the QA role. After my interview round with the EM I was scheduled for another phone screen with the team. All the people I interviewed with were very friendly and professional including HR and the recruiting coordinator. They were very quick to respond to my questions about the hiring process. Overall I felt the interview was really fun and if you knew testing fundamentals you could clear the interview. They just don't hire people in bulk but they hire the right talent.