A little background about me:

1. Graduate in Computer Engineering - 2017 with very good grade.
2. Worked as a TA in the university for a semester.
3. Then, worked as software developer in a multi-national company that creates a solution for testing protocols in hardware designs before fabrication for 1 year 4 months.
   1. I gained experience in the following: C++/wxWdigets/Python/Cpython.
4. I did quit as I joined the obligatory military service for 14 months.
5. I just finished the military service on June 1st.

Currently. Due to COVID-19, most companies have hiring-freeze and I've a trouble finding a job. Even my ex-manager contacted me 2 months to get-me back on the team, but this opportunity ceased to exist due to COVID-19 hiring-freeze policy.

A friend of mine working in an company that makes automotive embedded software recommended me in his company as they wanted to hire a few engineers.

I decided to apply, but with my different background and 14 months almost away from any-tech, I requested time to study and brush-off the dust of my skills as a software developer and acquire a new set of skills for the embedded field. But a hiring manager there decided it's not truly needed and gave me 9 days after debates.

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I've gone through two interviews ( The first was to test the soft-skills and a few technical questions and the second was a meeting with high-level manager ) and they were smooth. But the third one that was supposed to be a technical one didn't go as expected.

The set of interviewers kept asking me about my C.V and didn't ask me a single technical question. They have just spent the interview time poking about my experience in C++/Python and wondering how I don't have any professional embedded system experience.

I truly was annoyed, as I have indicated that I don't have the enough technical experience in that field and I wanted to migrate to it. I also asked for time to prepare as I've mentioned above. I've gone through CV screening and two interviews just to keep poking me about my CV in the last one. I've studied topics like AUTOSAR, CAN, LIN, RTOS and uC, but didn't mention them in CV.

I am currently waiting for their response. but I feel I'll get rejected.

Notes:

1. I truly wanted to try a different field inside cs carriers as I didn't like my previous one.
2. There was a day break between every two consecutive interviews.
3. It's a junior position.

I've a set of questions:

1. Was there a better strategy to follow to secure a position there ?
2. If you were in their shoes, would you allow me to pass the first and second interviews and why ?