I applied online. The process took 2 months.

Following interview rounds:

• Phone screen with recruiter
• Hiring manager screening - mostly get to know
• Coding round - LeetCode medium style problem with panel (question was about simple stock trading related problem, simple DSA enough).
• Interview loop - 5 back to back interviews with multiple teams on the same day. Mostly focussing on partnership with the hiring team and other related teams, behavioral, informing about the company etc. One round was technical interview related to Spotify System Design.

After the complete interview loop, they added yet more rounds (another partnership and final round with SVP) even after the original loop was very positive. They mentioned it is a change in interview process, but could be just stalling tactic to buy time for some other candidate to go through. Before the last "extra rounds" were introduced I did mention my salary expectations which was near/above the top end of the range for the job, which could have played a part in going for another "cheaper" candidate. In the end recruiter was honest enough to admit it - they liked my candidature but would prefer to go with another candidate. I liked many of the people I interviewed with and was looking forward to joining this company in the Reno location.

Stock related DSA question - design a class Spotify related System Design question Multiple behavior and partnership rounds.