Discussion with recruiter, where he explained the interview process and said that it will take around 4 to 6 weeks. Next day he sent the case study. First Round: Case study (Salesforce) Second Round: Technical/leadership interview on case study (with developer and team lead) Third Round: Product/technical leadership interview (with BA and team lead) Fourth Round: Behavioural topic, technical leadership and leadership in general (engineering manager) Fifth Round: Behavioural topic, technical leadership and leadership in general (head of engineering and engineering manager)

Overall experience was decent. They actually rejected me after third round, saying that I am lacking proper leadership experience. But later came back saying as I have strong technical skills, they see some strong growth areas and would like to assess further.

Then they scheduled next round with engineering manager saying it will be last round. However after this round they said that my leadership skills are at beginner level, which they sort of said after third round as well :) But they want to assess further with head of engineering.

By this time I was bit confused, however accepted one more round as it was mentioned in feedback that they want me to meet everyone I will be working with from stakeholder point of view. Also looking at the seriousness of the position, I also wanted everyone to be sure of me joining the team.

After last round, recruiter called me and said that my leadership skills are lacking and they have decided to NOT go ahead with my profile. Which was frustrating in the end :)

Clearly there were some indecisions and inconsistencies there in whole process, however I appreciated them for re-considering me after rejecting in third round. Also in the end I felt that for technical lead role, there were way too many rounds for leadership skills with similar questions.

I appreciate the feedback and proper communication after every round by recruiter.

What is product backlog and how to handle it?