Toptal Project Manager interview questions

This was probably the worst interview of my life. I completed an initial phone screen then had a video interview with a PM. I was told there are something like 7 rounds total, including a technical interview and a fake backlog grooming, but I only got past 2. Along the way, all of my interactions with TopTal employees were very curt. I almost got the sense that they felt like I was bothering them. In the PM interview, I was asked to “design an ATM for a 3 year old.” Not really sure what they were attempting to learn with that one.

The process in general is very long and drawn out. After I finally made it to the technical screening phase, I was very disappointed to discover that the interviewer did not want to be there. The whole thing was rushed and ingenuine. This is the worst part: I was applying as a product manager freelancer. I specialize in software products, I do not work in hardware. Throughout my interview process, the previous interviewers claimed that I'd be matched with projects that matched my skills. Great! NOT! My entire interview was based around designing and launching a hypotherical hardware product. At the end of the interview, I was told he wouldn't move me forward because I failed to capture the manufacturing process of the product I was manufacturing. Well no kidding, i'm a SOFTWARE PRODUCT MANAGER!! Honestly if this is the way Toptal operates, I'd rather look elsewhere. It's just disappointing that I put in ALL that work only to be judged on one singular aspect that happens to be outside my skill set, and not relevant to what I wanted to do on Toptal.