I went through a number of different levels. Due to the locations of the various people, interviews were initially over the phone, then via video chat. I spoke with the first recruiter, then a second recruiter that gave more information about the company, the hiring department, and the team. Next were an engineer on the team and the hiring manager. As a senior position, there were a lot of conversations regarding the types of environments I worked with at prior jobs and some that really got into my personal opinions and philosophy about how certain tools and processes should be used. This could be seen as gauging a cultural fit, whether I would help to move things in the direction that they were looking at on their roadmap. The video interviews with different engineers delved more into technical questions that I wouldn't call "grilling", but they certainly were the types of things to show whether or not you really understood key network, OS, security, cloud platform, deployment, etc. concepts.

They informed me that the role I was interviewing for had changed. They did not attempt to understand if I was still interested in the new role. Most of the questions they asked me were about the number of years I worked with a given technology with no follow up questions for context. They also tried pitching that I take a much lower salary than my asking range based on where I live for a remote role, as if it weren't feasible despite my most recent remote salary being in my asking range. I declined the next round of interviews when offered.