Konrad Group Associate UX UI Designer interview questions

Applied Thursday through application portal, got an interview request Monday, so it happened pretty fast, (back in March 2021). 1st Interview Phone Interview: Just a bunch of behaviour questions, nothing out of the ordinary, tried to ask about salary, but was told they weren't allowed to reveal or give estimate until further down interview process but that it was "competitive" (which I mean it's fine but I don't get why companies gotta be so weird about salary...) 2nd Interview: Design challenge- 2 hours, 1 hour was analyzing issues with app ui then presenting your findings, then 40 mins whiteboard challenge for a completely different problem.

Phone screen, portfolio presentation, design challenge, meeting w co founder. The people were cool and seemed to like their work a lot but the interview process needs some work. During my phone screening the recruiter was reading off a script which was weird but then during the portfolio presentation the two designers I spoke with were great and super engaged. The design challenge is hard and set up to not give you enough time, I got the sense that there was a much larger focus on final product UI than UX process which for me is a red flag but depends on the designer. Also they pay less then similar companies, Overall cool and probably talented people but they’re doing too much in their interview process and paying too little.