I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks.

It was an extensive and tiring process that lasted a month and a half in total, with 6 stages.

• Initial chat with the People team to understand your current career moment and whether the position makes sense.
• Coding test: in my case, it was necessary to develop a program that read, via command line (no web frameworks or APIs), an authorizations file in JSON format and returned the response on stdout. It was a straightforward test. The implementation of tests and their coverage in the code were important.
• Architecture exercise: an online exercise with a whiteboard, where 2 engineers proposed a challenge and you had to draw the solution. This was the most difficult stage, as it was not clear at the beginning what they expected of you. In the end, it was possible to realize that they expected a profile much more focused on solution architecture than development.
• Pair programming: in my opinion, it was the best stage of the process. Another 2 engineers gave you a challenge, which, according to the email, could be something new or an extension of the initial test. In my case, it was an extension of the test from stage 2.
• Interview with the People team: after the technical part, there was a chat with the People team to evaluate the behavioral profile and cultural match (issues of gender, inclusion, and customer focus).
• Interview with a manager: a chat with a tech manager, where a little more about the teams and development processes was presented.
• Final feedback: in my case, it was what negatively impacted the whole process. 1 hour after the previous interview, a template-style email arrived with the rejection, informing them that they had gathered various feedback and would not proceed, and that if I wanted complete feedback, I could request it. The impression I had was that the rejection had already been decided in some previous stage and they decided to carry the process through to the end by protocol. In an extensive process like the one that occurred, I believe the final feedback should have been in a conversation, even if only for a few minutes, and not a ready-made email template.

Talk about your career and current moment.