Overall, everyone was nice, and the interviews were engaging. However, it's an extremely heavy process with no meaningful feedback at the end.

The process took about 2.5-3 months due to a bunch of PTO. The recruiter was courteous and responsive.

Interviews included:

• A coding interview (trivial)
• A chat with the hiring manager
• Another coding interview (LeetCode)
• Two software design interviews (these are weighted heavily for more senior positions)

Coding interviews were a tight 45 minutes, which made the LeetCode problem challenging. The inconsistency in the difficulty of the coding problems really felt like a roll of the dice.

Next was a behavioral interview (STAR is a good framework to follow).

Then a "bar raiser" interview, which asks you to analyze and generate ideas for an unrelated field.

Finally, another "final" interview with a senior executive, which just felt like another behavioral interview.

Detect if a music player is playing a random playlist or if it's shuffling.