> 4-5 hours is extremely reasonable to make sure it's a good mutual fit. If it takes 4-5 hours to ensure a good fit, then that says more about you and/or the c

> 4-5 hours is extremely reasonable to make sure it's a good mutual fit. If it takes 4-5 hours to ensure a good fit, then that says more about you and/or the company than it does about the applicant. Let me be charitable and say that some large orgs do the 4-5 hours to benefit the company via CYA and letting everyone get their chance to do interviews, but that’s just sloppy org-side waste. As another commenter said, what actionable info do you gain in hours 4 and 5 than you already have at 3.5. I would to further and say what do you gain in hours 2 and 3 that you don’t already have at 1.5, and why are you so horribly inefficient in the event that you come up with a non-BS answer? So much of the hiring process is corporate theater rather than optimal selection processes. I think most of the participants would do well to realize that.