PowerPlan interview questions

First interview was straight forward. It was out of college so their expectation (IMO) was to see if you could communicate effectively. 2nd interview was more technical but nothing crazy. If you have general understanding of coding and can communicate well you are good to go

I sent a resume for this position in July 2020. 3 months later, in October, I was finally contacted for an interview. The recruiter, to their credit, was very high-energy, and expressed a great deal of optimism that I was a great fit for this position based on my resume. When I told them about my professional experience which wasn't on the resume, they were even more excited. I then proceeded to have 3 one-on-one interviews with a committee who, as it turns out, were the hiring managers. Based on feedback on Glassdoor, I was aware that the company practiced some nepotism, that employees who did not attend the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt would have difficulties. One of the three individual interviews was with a Vandy grad, and we talked Vandy baseball alumni specifically with that bias in mind. The main concern they seemed to have with me was that I had not sold directly to the CFO level in their industry sector. I have significant experience in that vertical, and I spent the first part of my career in corporate financce, so I know the language and am very familiar with many of the financial concepts which their solutions would address. After the 3 individual interviews, I had to do a panel with the same people that I talked to individually. One of the participants was busy with their annual (virtual) user conference, and didn't seem all that engaged in this panel. The other participants seemed OK, and we completed the panel without too much concern. The next morning, at 6 AM, I received a rejection email from the recruiter. The primary concern which they indicated was that I was inexperienced in selling to the CFO level of their vertical. I responded to the recruiter saying that we discussed that on the very first interview, and that I felt it was unfair for them to continue with 2 more individual interviews and the panel if that bias existed. What was the point? The recruiter had indicated on the first conversation that this company was having problems filling these roles because they were looking for something so specific that they couldn't find anyone they liked. Well, I should have known that this would end up the way it did. Unrealistic expectations can kill a career at a company. This was definitely the case with PowerPlan. Still, I felt that as soon as I heard the sentiment that I was "light" on financial sales experience (even though I spent several years IN corporate finance), this just seemed like a waste of my time. The recruiter never answered my last email, and stopped answering my calls, which was a real poor impression of someone who started with such high energy and optimism. Overall, apply here if you want to waste your time.