Teradata interview questions

I applied online but got the first interview through career fair. The first interview was a video interview where it asked pre-recorded questions and then recorded your answers. The questions were behavioral and since video interviews are a new thing, they understood if you were a little nervous. Next was a phone interview with the hiring manager and director of the Big Data Consultant program, which lasted 45 minutes. The first half of the interview was her mostly talking about the position and the second half was the interview. She asked a lot of behavioral questions and went over technical skills and experience. For the final interview we were flown out to either Atlanta or San Diego. They gave a presentation on the company, big data, and benefits and we had two 30 minute interviews. It appeared that the interviews were very informal and it was more conversational to determine if you were a good fit for the position and company. The time on-site was only a few hours which I appreciated because it was a fast, and efficient process but I still felt like I got to know the people and the company.

The initial process up until the first interview took only about two weeks. I got a call from a recruiter from the company, was vetted and then pushed to an additional phone interview with the Hiring Manager. After that, I was brought in for a face-to-face interview the next week... and this is when the strange stuff started. The interview was easy, but not substantive at all. I was brought into the very quite office (like a ghost town) and into a small conference room with just the hiring manager; which would be my would-be boss. He seemed very easy-going and gave me his history at the company. The entire time I was praying inside that the hiring manager would ask me any question that would allow me to distinguish my talents, experience and personality. I was confused because we obviously seemed to have a positive rapport, but the interview was so uneventful that I wondered "did I just basically get the job?" After the whole process, it became more clear that he was not interested in hiring anyone for the role... at all. Many weeks passed and nothing came of it. I was (and am) gainfully employed, so I took less concern of this and assumed that they went for someone else. However, every time I inquired, I was told that there were delays for reason x, y and z and that I was still on the short list; promising next steps 4 weeks out... and this is from the hiring manager! Very strange. After being on the hook for over two months, the recruiter told me that the hiring manager wanted to scrap all candidates and search again. By this time, I didn't really care, as the division seemed like it didn't know what the hell it was doing. However, it was annoying enough for me to write this negative review to the talented workforce out there.