I applied online, and the process took 3 weeks.

There were 3 rounds of interviews:

• First with recruitment.
• Then a people manager.
• Finally with the Tech director and PM.

All interviews were very people-centric, fairly standard, and easy to navigate, with a couple of tricky questions. Everyone was very smart, which made the conversations interesting. The scale of the company was the most exciting part of it. I was told 2-3 times that the company went through a difficult period after the Microsoft acquisition, and that they had laid off a bunch of people 6 months ago. When discussing the team, the words "problems" and "burnout" were used a few times.

The process was overall very slow, so I let them know I was in the final stages with other roles. We discussed compensation, but the overall package was weak and not competitive with what I was offered elsewhere, which surprised me for a company owned by Microsoft. I took another offer in the end and decided not to pursue it further.

How have you dealt with a difficult employee?