For my job, this was in 2018, I sent an email with CV, ~90 minutes interview a few days later, had an offer iirc the next day or the one after, then went by onc

For my job, this was in 2018, I sent an email with CV, ~90 minutes interview a few days later, had an offer iirc the next day or the one after, then went by once more for negotiating the contract details. Of course I'm skipping the job searching part (that took several weeks and this wasn't my first interview - the area doesn't have that many opportunities for me in the first place and I didn't speak the language), but if you're wondering how many interviews is too many... That's my experience in Germany. Since then, was approached by and interviewed with another (German) place during the pandemic, had first a video call with the CEO, then a more technical quizzing by three would-be colleagues, then an offer. Seems a little different because they approached me based on online info where they apparently liked what they saw, that might have helped skip a screening step or so. My girlfriend, also applying for a technical position, had iirc one interview in the German office, then one with the CEO in the headquarters (3h driving; I booked a hotel for us and made it into a weekend trip), then an offer. Seven seems rather excessive. There is a trial period here, where you can leave or be fired with like two weeks' notice, for the first three months or so. Unless you're hiring across a border, especially EU borders, that lowers the threshold considerably as you can just "try out" what someone is like without much hassle. Maybe that's different compared to where you live?