I made it to the final interview, but the company owner is the one who tanked it.
Anyway, I passed four stages, a weird skills assessment, a personality quiz, and they even called my references. The recruiter called me to schedule the final interview and told me I was the last remaining candidate. It was supposed to be with the Head of Operations and a senior engineer, but I was surprised when the founder/CEO suddenly jumped in.
He then proceeded to ask me stupid questions like, "If you were a piece of office furniture, what would you be and why?" and asked me to "summarize my personality in three words" (even though I had just taken their quiz). Three days later, I got the rejection email. The reason? Apparently, I "lacked conviction" in my answers. Conviction in what, exactly? In my answers to his ridiculous, unanswerable questions.
Honestly, the whole thing is very frustrating. But in hindsight, that guy seems like a nightmare to work with. I honestly feel like I dodged a major bullet.