I got a call from one of the recruitment agency briefing about this vacancy and Vidyanext. I am currently working with one of the biggest EdTech companies in India and with Vidyanext being in the same industry, I decided to go ahead. The entire process took about a week and involved me speaking with the Head of People, Head of Engineering on phone, sharing of my research document with them and then ultimately meeting them in person for the F2F. Quite honestly, It has been a disappointing experience for me all in all because of the following reasons. 1. After a tiring 5 hour interview process on a Saturday, the Head of People came and told me that 99% they will be rolling out an offer while after 3 days, I receive a mail that they would be going forward with other candidates. The problem here is not the fact that I didn't get selected but that the rejection came after this level of assurance from the Head of People. He could have mentioned that they are interviewing other people and will let me know of the feedback instead of giving me a false assurance. 2. Every person in the founding team seem to have a different vision for the company and idea of the PM role. While CEO seemed to be clear about the PM profile to be centred around increasing growth to an exact number, others have hazy goals like making the experience better in terms of onboarding and engagement. Both are different metrics and need different approach. This created ambiguity and lack of clarity and gave the impression that everybody is on a different page altogether. 3. Questions asked by the CEO were very broad and lacked clarity like - what will you do to solve the problem the teams are facing or how will you tackle of problem of tutors not being able to manage a class efficiently? I also felt a sense of discomfort and judgement when I asked questions back to get more clarity(like how do you define efficiency; Is it being able to deliver the course content in the class? Or listening to individual student's problems) 3. Only one day was given for the in-person interview. Though I mentioned that one day was really less for me to prepare, the HR Head insisted on me coming the same Saturday while in the in-person interview, CEO argued on the things I could have done for better preparation. 4. Interview schedule was not shared before the actual meeting even after asking. I did not know that I will be meeting the CEO. Exact schedule with the name of interviewers and their profiles help as you prepare according to the background and exact role of the interviewer. All in all, I spent hours during the week to prepare and also in travelling to the other end of Bangalore(I stay in HSR) for the F2F interview only to see this level of ambiguity and lack of transparency in the process.