Very frustrating application and interview experience. Six rounds of interviews over three months: one with HR, one with the hiring manager, one with a group, another with the hiring manager, yet another with the hiring manager, then one with the VP. HR and the hiring manager never seemed to be on the same page about what was next, and several of HR's typo-ridden emails with no branding went to spam. Had to burn a lot of last-minute PTO at my current job to show up for interviews that were scheduled on short notice. In the penultimate interview the hiring manager said the chat with the VP was a rubber stamp and unless I was the "worst candidate ever" in the VP's eyes I had the job. Two weeks of silence after the VP interview and then got the call that I was being passed over in favor of another candidate. Why would the company waste so much time on the worst candidate ever, I wondered. Then the very next week the job got reposted. Not sure what to make of the experience other than it was a concerning peek behind the curtain as a loyal lifelong customer of Alaska. The interviews themselves were okay: lots of open-ended opportunities to discuss the role and my career in addition to some standard formulaic questions.