They had a pretty typical Bay Area tech interview flow, the following are their steps -> online app -> recruiter phone screen -> hiring manager screen -> on site 1 of 2 -> on site 2 of 2. The chat with the recruiter was great, very friendly, informative and seemed excited about her role. Chat with HM went well as well, although he spent most the time talking. Was invited to an on-site with 3 peers. One was a little arrogant/a bit flippant, made it hard to get into a groove. Questions mostly explored background/"tell me about a time", a few behavioral questions, and some scenarios/thinking through the product. What put me off is I knew of another person applying to this role. That person's chat with the HM revealed he was basically looking to meet some "quota" by looking to fill this role with a woman. He also called out the type of he people he already made offers to which shows there is a certain profile they are looking for. Pair this with the empty talk about diversity from this company (as well as many others out here), I can't help but feel like I was some pipeline diversity quota interview as I didn’t fit that preferred profile. Zero feedback was provided from the on-site, again, leaving me to feel like I was never a serious candidate.

I don't know if they're actually hiring or trying to screen candidates to look busy. I spoke with HR first then went to the hiring manager. HR instructed me to prepare specific STAR examples on a topic and I spent hours refining those. Hiring manager gave me a personality interview for a serious senior level marketing role, then I was summarily rejected. Horrible experience and complete waste of time.