The interview process took 10 weeks, from the first interview to the decision.

It involved 5 trips to Westlake, 6 different interview days (5 in person, 1 phone call), 9 sessions, and 7 unique interviewers.

At the beginning of the last interview, the decision was supposedly between myself and one other external candidate.

Two days after the last interview, I received news from the recruiter that they decided to go with an internal candidate instead.

I was told that I missed out by "a centimeter," and that I would be perfect for another opportunity. The VP, with whom I had interviewed 3 times and each time it had gone well, was going to call me.

I never heard from Fidelity again, hence the negative rating. While I would have loved to have been selected, not getting selected is just business and it happens.

I did think that dragging on the process for 10 weeks with an external prospect when they already had an internal candidate in mind, suggesting there was another opportunity, and saying they were going to call afterwards and then not calling was needlessly cruel, even if unintentional, and disrespectful of my time.

It would have been better to have just said they selected someone else and left it at that.

None of the questions were technical or difficult. Most dealt with management philosophy and how you would handle management-type situations.