First step - Interview with HR. Some base questions about experience and tech skills, just to filter low level candidates Second step - tech interview There is 4 parts: Questions about linux Questions about protocols/traffic control Questions about python Live coding Not sure that they really have any chance to hire somebody with current interviewer. I have more than 8 years experience and they request for very specific topics. Like searching logs of PID, or difference between HTTP 1 and 2. And the worst part that they expect that you should well know such thing (but it's irrelevant for 99.9% and do not useful just because a lot of companies use systems for monitoring and log collection). And even if you know the way of solving problem it would not count as a write answer. At the live coding I solve task and give second analytical solution (without code because of luck of time), interviewer accept it and after asking of feedback said that it was correct solution and a lot of ppl failed that part. When HR give me feedback - he said that my solution was wrong and that's main reason to decline. But that's okey, specific tech request is a normal thing. When I ask about working hours interviewer said that they expect for weekend work, work for 10-12 hours every day (and my question about work-life balance is a "rad flag" said interviewer). And that's the main problem. If company want to find really skillful person, who should be initiative and lead a lot of things you can't expect that such person do not have other opportunity of jobs with adequate schedule. So it was "rad flag" for me (I'd reject offer even if they made it) because it show me that they do not have right processes, enough employees and way of building team in QA department is totally wrong, because employee burnout is a way to lost the employee or his productivity and in long term such management way going to lead to big looses for company just because QA can't be concentrate while working because of regular extra hours (I'm currently QA lead and know what i'm talking about)