Block interview questions

I was contacted by a recruiter after submitting my application through Smart Recruiters. She asked me to complete a 10 question writing sample, which I nailed since she got back to me within a day. We had a short 20 minute phone interview to make sure I had the minimum qualifications, scheduled the in-person interview for the following week. The recruiter sent over a brief list of topics that was to be covered which was nice for preparation purposes. The interview consisted of 4 different interviews with team leads which each lasted 30 min. I felt confident coming out of the interviews, but I guess I wasn't the right fit. Given that the recruiter was super responsive in the beginning and then suddenly fell off the radar (I had to wait 2.5 weeks for the rejection email) was a tell tale sign.

One 30 min phone interview with the Hiring Manager with a 4-hour follow-up onsite interview. Square used to be a commanding brand and a great opportunity for anyone in the tech industry. When I met a few folks on the team, however, it wasn't very apparent that they were excited about the problems that they were trying to solve. Aside from a couple modules on programming and architecture, time with the Square team felt rushed, and it didn't seem like they were genuinely excited to hire new blood. Instead, the interviews were conducted in a very clinical way, and there weren't any interesting questions coming from the Square team. On top of that, the whole day interview at HQ was without a lunch or a break session, whatsoever. Typically this wouldn't be an important red flag, but to top it off, the Recruiting team closed the conversation with "People who join the Square team believe strongly in the mission and will take a pay cut for that mission."