Studying for 100+ hours and doing 3 full-day interviews in groups and one-on-ones must be a Silicon Valley thing. Which is understandable given how many potenti

Studying for 100+ hours and doing 3 full-day interviews in groups and one-on-ones must be a Silicon Valley thing. Which is understandable given how many potentials would do the pilgrimage each year to join a pre-IPO. It's the 2021 version of the gold rush. Compare that to Melbourne (Australia). Every interview has been how you've described. I've had interviews in cafes, restaurants, pubs, and food courts. All informal chats, and only remember one white-board interview that went for about 3 hours. Thinking about this more now as I type this reply, clearly, the interview over lunch doesn't scale so making candidates run gauntlets for Valley jobs actually sounds logical.