Do they cargo cult the same process? I do see similarities in the interview process, so maybe that's somewhat true, but in my experience there's a ton of variet

Do they cargo cult the same process? I do see similarities in the interview process, so maybe that's somewhat true, but in my experience there's a ton of variety. Different companies have different formats, different questions, focus on different aspects of my responses, and I'm sure make hiring decisions wildly differently. Some places have phone screens, and some don't. One company gave an easy leetcode problem as part of the phone screen, while in another case, one person actually spoke characters over the phone to me ("LinkedList", "left angle bracket", "String", "right angle bracket"). Some give take home questions. Some do a code review interview. Some dig into my resume during an interview, and some don't. Some companies had multiple interview sessions where I was asked the same question about my resume in each session by different people (wasting time). And so on. So in general, I can and have passed over companies based on their hiring process.