The hiring manager and the team at Hopper are looking for individuals to validate the solutions they are brainstorming as a business—not to hire anyone. The hiring manager mentioned 4-5 really positive things on the call and said that she felt that she was right there in person. She also mentioned that I have great product intuition, along with mentioning that the prioritized solution is what the team also brainstormed "last week."
Then, 1 hour after the interview, I received a rejection email. I reached out to find out why I wasn't moving forward, but the team didn't care to respond.
This process is a joke. They also mentioned $ $100 of carrot cash for going through the screening round, but that's all a lie. They just waste the interviewee's time; they don't value the interviewee