Adyen interview questions

Lengthy hiring process. Looked like a waste of time to me all along. Very slow response in between interviews. First i prepared a lengthy case study and presented it (this was at last minute notice - just gave me 3 days to prepare) Then i presented it and the manager said that it was very well done, advanced to the next round. Interviewed again by 2 people, they seemed very positive. Again 2 weeks later advanced to the next round with senior leadership. Nothing could really go wrong as they hardly had 2 interviews of 15-20 minutes to talk to me. Got contacted and rejected by manager 2 days later - without any plausible reason except that they knew ALL ALONG that I did not have this industry's experience. Solid excuse after wasting my time for so long.

I had two interviews. The first interview with their HR person and we did it over skype. This went really well. I could see she was familiar with my experience. There were no real gotcha questions, which was surprising to me. She got me really excited about the opportunity. The second interview was with their VP in NY. He was friendly, but I got the feeling he had no background info on me at all. He did not ask me any questions that reflected he had ever seen my CV or given me any thought before walking into the room. I had spent the weekend researching the company, competitors, and the industry. Sadly, my research did not pay any dividends. My time would have been better served by practicing my personal sales pitch. The fault is with me. I had just finished a long grueling interview process with another company and had anticipated the same type of deep grilling NY interview style. Instead, the second interview was over before we got to any real questions. I really regret not giving him a hard personal sales pitch. Adyen seems like a great company that is going places. I wish I had taken a different approach with the second interview.