was contacted to do an interview, the interview was smooth, the interviewer was very nice, they first talked about the company but didn't take long because I've already done my research. I was very optimistic but wasn't chosen for the next stage.

I had the first interview with the HR which they asked me serveral times for time slots and everytime they were not able to attend. Then finally there was an agreement for a time slot. Did the assessment that they give you by email. Reviewed the assessment with their CTO and he had a positive feedback which looked promising. But the things turned around when i said my salary range since they are cheap on that. They don't pay more than 55k anually. In the end they just send u a cold email saying that you were not a strong candidate and if u ask for a feedback they just tell u that ur "simply not a strong candidate". Not counter arguments or smth about the technical knowledge.