The interview process was long, tedious, cold, and disorganized.

Expect to be in a single room for about 6 hours. Each interview is allotted an hour, so if you finish early, you will be left alone in the room until the next interviewer arrives.

The provided schedule is poorly followed; expect changes.

If you leave your meeting room for any reason, such as using the restroom, a receptionist will follow you. The facility is poorly maintained, so be sure to bring your own hand towels.

Lunch is provided in a cafeteria, but the receptionist (a nice person, by the way) will observe you while you eat.

Also, be advised that the meeting room has hidden cameras and listening devices.

The first person started with support strategy questions. You will NOT be asked specifics regarding any coding or scripting. Their questions will be vague, and the interviewer will be interested in your approach to incidents.

The second person is a DevOps person. Again, no questions came up that were specific to scripting or coding. They were more interested in your approach and strategy to incident and problem management issues.

The third person is from "Business" and is a financial product owner. This person will ask more questions about financial products and trading strategy. For example, "What is a swap?"

Fourth and Fifth were hiring managers and HR. They will ask high-level questions and questions related to how well you work with others, why you transitioned from different jobs, etc. Mostly, they are trying to sell you on the role at this point.

Finally, you will have either a video conference or an in-person meeting with the CTO. This person will stress you with rapid-fire questions. You will be tired from the gauntlet of meetings you had with others, so try to keep your energy up. This person is trying to rattle you, or is generally just not a pleasant person. Either way, they will make big assumptions and jump to conclusions quickly. Try to provide direct answers to the questions you are asked and steer the conversation as best you can. This strategy does several things. They are trying to trip you up to make mistakes, which will reveal shortcomings. They also think that their line of questioning will determine if you are good with speaking to their three clients.