SFL Scientific interview questions

I’m relieved to see I wasn’t the only one who encountered a very strange interview process with SFL. After a two-part take-home data exercise that demanded ~20 hours of work, plus three rounds of behavioral and technical phone interviews, I was ultimately made an offer ~2 months after applying. That offer was then rescinded two weeks later when the firm opted not to pursue the contract for which they were most immediately hiring, allegedly because they didn’t feel it aligned with the firm’s mission. Why this decision was made only after all the labor of interviewing me is unclear. Moreover, they have continued posting the same position ever since, suggesting they were maybe planning to hire me for just that single contract, contrary to what I was explicitly told in the interview process. Quite a strange experience, all around!

Initial screening call. The SFL interviewer, Camille, was engaging and professional. She made me feel at ease during the process. She discussed the SFL open position, and spoke about their focus on projects, rapid growth, and leadership.