I went thru 4 rounds recently with a startup, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, I liked it since it gave me lots of info. I am by no mean

I went thru 4 rounds recently with a startup, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, I liked it since it gave me lots of info. I am by no means a hardened interview taker.. but I've had my fair share of interviews (and lots of rejections). These 4 'rounds' were spread across almost 2 weeks, so fairly quick. (4 zoom calls). Round 1: Screening for strategic fit. Round 2: Paired coding interview (~ 1.5 hrs) Round 3: Detailed interview with co-founder. Round 4: Panel interview with team I was to work with. It didn't feel insane, in fact the more I interviewed, I pretty much got a detailed picture of what I would do if on that job, and who I would work with. Lots of times you can't get that sort of peek into your prospective workplace. The thing that made this process bearable was : 1) niceness of people involved 2) Having a fairly limited coding phase.... So as long as these are not all coding phases, it will give you a really good view of the org fit for you.