This review is for Netsil, which was acquired by Nutanix. A recruiter contacted me after I applied for a couple of positions listed under Nutanix. He said my experience best matched Netsil's requirements.

He set up a phone screen with the hiring manager, who conducted the interview while driving. It did not involve me coding, but I had to come up with an algorithm. This was followed by a four-hour onsite interview.

The co-founder was busy and couldn't make it, so someone else had to fill his slot. I was contacted the next day by the recruiter to be told that the interview went well and that he would like to discuss salary expectations with me. However, over the call, he mentioned I must take two more rounds before they finalize, since the founders did not get a chance to talk to me.

Due to tight schedules, I ended up taking these interviews on a national holiday. The co-founders (brothers) interviewed me, one hour each. When I thanked them for taking time off on a holiday, they mentioned that their work was so hectic that they hadn't realized it was a holiday. There were no technical rounds, just some topics from my résumé.

He mentioned that no backend engineer was available when I came onsite and that he would like me to talk to them. So, I took two more technical rounds with engineers who worked remotely, and the interview was spread across three and a half hours. In total, that's approximately eight hours worth of interviews.

Three days after this, the recruiter called me back to discuss my other offers and numbers. Later, he sent an email: "Good news, you're still in the running. But we would like to make our decision after interviewing everyone else (approximately two more weeks)."

I said I could not wait that long.

I wish candidates' time was valued a bit more. The process from the phone interview to my last communication with the recruiter spanned approximately twenty-five days.

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