Rejected for Background Mismatch After a Resume-Heavy Technical Screen

My first round was a technical phone screen with a TL. They said it was technical, but since my experience and the role (low level/embedding) weren't a great match, they spent a lot of time deep-diving into my resume. On top of that, my big-tech infra project architecture was fairly simple, and I had to explain some of the tools I'd used, so before I knew it, 50 minutes were gone. The coding ques…

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