How unlucky and annoyed the guy would be who cleared 4 technical rounds including a fucking technical test and gets rejected in the useless HR interview.

I just listened to someone describing their own job application as consisting of 8 interviews. After he cleared those, turns out, the company wanted him but for a different team, so he had to pass another 8 rounds all over again...

😳😳😂

Has happened to me, including doing a week of free work for the company as a "challenge" — first red flag, but kept going because "friends" in company assured me it was fine. Been rejected a couple of times at the final stage because "not a cultural fit for the team," even though we did the same work and had the same interests. I've since learned that "cultural fit" is likely a code for "wrong demographic" as no women worked at these companies.

I now don't put so much effort into interviews, if this is going to be how it ends anyway. They can see that I can program, that I have the skills to work at their company, and that should be enough. Big companies that are worth your time will pay you for a technical interview or trial work, and I'll put effort into that, but no more unpaid work.