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We're sorry that you had a disappointing experience during your visit at Atlas, our culture and values clearly didn't resonate with you and it sounds like this wouldn't have been a good fit for either side.
The informal meeting with our data scientist is not a standard part of our process. We've been seeking a strong senior contributor to join our data science team, so the recruitment team added this step for certain junior/mid-level candidates who didn't meet that bar on paper. We apologize if there was a mismatch in expectations but we did our best to frame our process intentionally and carefully throughout. Ultimately, we invested extra time to give you the most fair chance to secure a position here and it didn't work out.
We wish you the best in your search.