I responded to a developer outreach email and scheduled a call for the next day with a team member from their Paris office. We had a brief chat about my background and personal projects, and he said the next step would be a take-home exercise. I was given a week to complete the exercise, which was a blend of UX, writing, and tech -- definitely more enjoyable than the typical "make a to-do list", but also much more involved than any other take-home exercises I've seen. I was able to make time because of a flexible schedule, but I can see this being a barrier to anyone with more demanding work or a family. After the exercise, I had a Skype session with a few members from the Paris office, and from there they scheduled my onsite, which I really enjoyed. I gave a short presentation about a personal project, met lots of people on the team from sales, engineering, etc. Everyone seemed really happy, great vibe. Very thorough!

First interview round was with the hiring manager, tested basic technical knowledge and sales acumen. Gave information about on-target earnings compensation with ratio at 75%/25% with a base salary ranging from $115k-$130k, and described the interview process, technical screen and mentioned that there would be a take-home technical assessment. Second interview round was with the Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering. Covered experience and work history and what I was looking for in my next role. This interview went well and I was informed that they would move me to the next round which would consist of some algorithms and data structures puzzles. There were some schedule conflicts on their side so I didn't get the opportunity to get all my questions answered. I was encouraged to send remaining questions via email which I did however no response to those questions was ever given. Third round included Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering and a Senior Solutions Engineer. For the technical screen they required that I open an editor and share my entire screen in the meeting. Ground rules were no googling for answers, some documentation may be used, e.g. MDN. Wasn't informed about a full on whiteboarding session. In the past this company is known to not use whiteboarding and prefers take-home challenges. Went ahead with screenshare however we ran into a technical issue. The screensharing function was just displaying a black screen. We decided to reschedule after I was able to troubleshoot the issue on my end. They could just use a coderpad for this type of test but apparently have trust issues about candidates googling answers to their leetcode problems? Rescheduled the interview with the coordinator after letting them know what happened and promptly received another meeting invite after being assured that this was no issue. Two hours later I received another email from the hiring manager that stated they decided to move forward with other candidates. Based on other reviews/responses here it seems that there was a change in leadership which might explain why this process was so scatterbrained. Still no excuse to flat out lie to candidates and deceive them about whats expected during the interview process.