I applied online. The process took 4 weeks.

I went through a three stage interview process with Kong for an engineering manager position. The recruiter I talked with was very prompt with responses and excellent at conveying expectations for the next steps. The first round consisted of a single interview with the senior software engineering manager on cultural fit. The second round focused on five interviews regarding product management, engineering management, and architecture design.

The third round with the Senior VP of Engineering focused on me as a person and details from my resume. A couple days after my final interview, I received an email saying they were not going to make me an offer, but the recruiter was more than happy to have a follow conversation with me to provide feedback after having made it that far into their process. I took him up on it and learned there was a mismatch of expectations on their side and upper management wanted to fill the position with someone from the same industry, not someone coming from another industry. Overall, I wish the top-level management had been aligned on what they were looking for in a candidate so I wouldn't have wasted a month interviewing with them, but I found the follow up meeting with the recruiter to be extremely valuable since recruiters rarely give granular feedback after sending rejection letters. Kudos to the recruiter at Kong!

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