Recruiter call.

Phone call with an EM, which I was told was exploratory but instead was an interview.

Phone call with Director.

Two more interviews with EMs onsite.

Few more onsite interviews that I did not attend.

I dealt with at least three recruiters, all confused about something or other. I was told I did well and eventually I was told that I did not. Another confusion.

There were super long wait times and multiple follow-ups were needed. They always blamed it on some production issue happening or teams being busy. It's hard to fathom that they were always reaching out to me to ask me how I did in the interviews instead of asking their own interviewer(s).

Interviewers I spoke with felt empathetic and smart. However, the same set of questions were asked in almost all of the interviews, which felt like a super waste of time. I'm glad I didn't waste a full day onsite, as judging by how they are conducting interviews, they haven't invested time in the process of training.

Standard engineering management questions:

• Management philosophy
• How you dealt with a low performer etc.