Ansys Senior R D Engineer interview questions

1st round with HR: introduce the company and benefits; 2nd round with Hiring Manager: get known to each other; 3rd round with team leaders: programming questions regarding C++. 4th round with HR: common HR questions.

In a word: lengthy. Four interviews (all remote) spread over six weeks: 1. Initial call with recruiter. 2. Call with hiring manager. 3. Technical call with the manager and three developers. 4. Final interview with the director of R&D and senior HR. I got positive feedback after each of the first three stages. But I failed the last because, to paraphrase, I "gave safe answers and failed to demonstrate leadership experience". The feedback I received was minimal, and despite efforts they were unwilling to clarify what 'safe' meant. I took this to mean that Ansys aren't interested in best practices or trying to do things properly (microservices, TDD, CI/CD) because everything I say is what I do, I'm not one to BS. And anyone looking at my CV can see that I've successfully lead projects in the past. I guess I just wasn't asked the right questions. Overall, a very disappointing experience in terms of speed, outcome, and feedback.