I believe the process was supposed to be recruiter interview > team interview (2 or more managers) > test > offer. The recruiter, R, was very transparent and I appreciate his honesty about the shockingly low salaries for this position and company. I continued the interview process anyway. The second interview with K was...weird. She was very tight-lipped and didn't seem to like me much off the bat. She also nit picked a minor error in my sample (that I acknowledged) despite not even reviewing my resume website. I appreciate the feedback I got during my rejection although I think it was BS. I'm sure the one mistake was the reason they were looking for, but that might be a good thing considering how low the pay was.

My experience is similar to the other review posted here from 2020. To apply, I had to write and submit answers to several lengthy questions (in addition to submitting a resume). I also had to provide writing samples, and the company requested a significant amount of detail about each sample. I spent about two days putting together all of this material, proofreading it, and finally submitting it. So I was pretty disgusted to received a canned rejection email three days later from a no-reply. The message contained nothing about what was missing from my experience. I think it's poor form to ask candidates to invest so much time in an application process and then not provide a response of any substance. The company's canned email ended with the line "We hope you’ll still consider GitLab in the future" -- yeah, not bloody likely.