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I recently got hired for a large tech company. Interview process was three months long with 4 separate rounds not including the initial 30min call with HR. The

I recently got hired for a large tech company. Interview process was three months long with 4 separate rounds not including the initial 30min call with HR. The final round was approx 4hrs and was 5 45min interviews! I was broken by the end of it. I understand that companies need to do their due diligence but honestly there was so much repetition in the interviews it could all have been slimmed down to 2 1hr interviews

gedy 4y ago
It's silly, but likely a combo of wanting to interview a number of candidates, and stringing you along while they talk to others, make-work for HR, and maybe some hand wringing indecisiveness.
spamizbad 4y ago
I came to that same realization and that’s basically how I shaped my eng orgs hiring: * 15+ minute chat with a recruiter * 15 minute technical screen with fizz-buzzy like questions to just validate you can convert simple requirements into working code * 1 hour technical screen with a senior/staff engineer that’ll probably be on team you’re working on. Explicitly non-adversarial and friendly: just pros talking shop, working thru problem(s) * 1 hour follow-up with the engineering manager whose team you’re joining (more process-oriented, also understanding you as a person) it’s like 2.5 hours all-in spread across 3 meetings (it’s remote over zoom so it’s all flexible). If you need more time you probably aren’t asking the right questions, or just trying to push someone until they are way out of their depth and decide whether or not that’s a dealbreaker. Hate that crap, so I refuse to do it.