Call 1: recruiter. Standard reading from a script, makes it clear this role will be required to come to the office.
Call 2: hiring manager (remote worker). Had to show work, answer standard behavioral and process wuestions.
Step 3: Take home design work. Unpaid and insanely obvious they’re farming for AI ideas. The team asks only spend 3-4 hours but demand 7-8+ hours worth of product thinking, designing, documentation, and a presentation building.
Step 4: Panel interview to present the previous step. Most of the panel sit there staring at you; the hiring manager does the grilling of in the weeds, asinine comments. Because again, they’re going to take your work.
Step 5: A series of 6-7 1:1 cross-functional interviews. Recruiter said ideally 3-4 hours worth of time.