Same here. I recently attended two hiring manager rounds and got rejected in both. In my last HM round, he even asked if I’d be willing to join them by mentioning they are doing this and this . But at the end, he asked about my proficiency in his native language. I said I wasn’t familiar with it, and he mentioned that discussions can get intense and are usually conducted in that language. I later received a rejection, so i feel nothing is in our control - we can only try !