I applied via LinkedIn Easy Apply and heard from a Recruiter within 10 or so days to schedule a phone screen with the hiring manager. That call was very easy, just a nice chat for 20-30 minutes about my experience and interest. There was plenty of time for lots of questions on my end, and I was told there were two more rounds in the process. That call was on a Friday, and on Monday afternoon I heard from HR again to schedule a second round interview. This one promised to be more in-depth and was broken into two parts with two different interviewers. The first 45-minute section was focused on case study questions, with the second handling behavioral questions. I set the date for Friday of that week and reviewed the documents the HR team shared with me. Both of these were delightful conversations. The case study questions were interesting, and I had plenty of space to ask for additional context and wander my way to a coherent response that elicited follow-up questions in most cases. The behavioral questions were fairly typical but some were phrased in a thought-provoking way. The Monday after my second interview I heard from HR again to schedule another interview. This one was the exact same format as the previous, so I did not prepare much more or much differently from the second interview. This one went well too, following the exact same format with slightly fewer questions in each round. This could be seen as a bit redundant, but considering the folks I interviewed with here were more senior, it made sense. I learned at the end of this interview, my third, that I would hear from HR to schedule a fourth interview with someone even more senior than those I had just spoken to. This was unexpected given the initial timeline I was presented, but I didn't think much of it, and I responded to HR when they reached out the following Monday. On the day of my fourth interview with the most senior person I spoke to, the interviewer was 10 minutes late to the Zoom room. I was ready to roll with this- life happens, right?- but the interviewer was simultaneously disinterested and disrespectful during the course of our abbreviated 12-minute conversation that he cut off, meaning he both arrived late and exited early. This left a bad taste in my mouth, especially considering the surface level questions I was asked in the interview. Functionally speaking, it may as well have been a phone screen in the first round, although in that case I would not have been able to see the interviewer crane and crack his neck seemingly every 30 seconds as I responded to his frankly inane questions relative to the collective 3+ hours I had already spent explaining my past experience and interest in the company to others. Following that Friday interview, I received a note on Monday from HR thanking me for participating and telling me to expect a decision by the week's end. Friday afternoon came with no word, but then I received a call that turned out to be HR apologizing for the delay and promising a decision by Monday. I greatly appreciated the proactive communication. Monday of the next week came and went, and I did not hear anything. Tuesday and Wednesday passed in silence as well, but I did receive a phone call on Thursday to inform me that the team appreciated their rapport with another candidate more and would not be proceeding with my candidacy. This was fine with me, as my feelings of excitement about the opportunity lessened dramatically after my fourth interview. Overall, the process was incredibly drawn out, but HR did a wonderful job moving quickly and communicating proactively throughout. The interviews themselves were not difficult, and I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations in each instance with the exception of the obvious. With all that in mind, I would heartily encourage potential applicants to consider applying to DoorDash.