I applied online. The process took 1+ week.

My interview experience with Skydio was extremely disappointing and raised serious concerns about their recruiting process. The original interview was canceled by the interviewer and rescheduled. On the second scheduled date, I joined the meeting on time and waited approximately 15 minutes, but the interviewer never connected. I was later told that the interviewer had waited approximately five minutes for me. That account directly conflicted with my experience, as I was in the scheduled meeting for roughly 15 minutes waiting for him to join. Despite that, I agreed to reschedule again in good faith. After doing so, communication stopped and I was effectively ghosted. I subsequently contacted HR to document what had happened and give the company an opportunity to address the situation. I received no response. What concerned me most wasn't simply that an interview was missed. Scheduling mistakes happen. It was the combination of a cancellation, a missed second interview, an explanation that did not match what occurred, another request to reschedule, and then no further communication. I also questioned the technical candidate-screening process after learning that the individual involved in evaluating or managing engineering candidates had an academic background in political science rather than engineering. A non-engineering degree certainly does not automatically make someone unqualified for recruiting, but given the rest of my experience, it made me question how Skydio determines who is qualified to assess senior technical candidates. Candidates invest significant time preparing for interviews. A company should expect professionalism from candidates, and candidates should reasonably expect the same professionalism from the people representing the company.