First Round Failure

Oh man, where do I begin. 

Had a first round but was the weirdest one to date.

I've never used their online interview app and so I was stayed in the login room, expecting to be logged in. However, I then realized that I'd have to login myself, so ended up 6 minutes late to the call.

Interviewer had issues with his own computer so ended up being a one sided call where I couldn't see his face but he could see mine. He'd then accidentally mute himself a couple of times and so I had to ask him to repeat a couple of the questions. 

Told him my background + answered his behavioral questions pretty well. However, he gave me the easiest technicals I've ever had (depreciation, valuation methods), claiming that I didn't need to answer the technical questions given I had the experience needed. Ended up finishing the interview in like 15 minutes. What does this mean? 

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