Standard process: hiring manager interview, peer interviews, and a panel. The problem came after the panel interview — the recruiter reached out the next day to praise my presentation but also told me they had already chosen someone else. So basically, I interviewed even though the decision had already been made to hire an internal referal, with all the wasted time and effort that it carries for a panel presentation. Feels quite unethical to me.

Interviewed for AE role: 1st step: Interview with Recruiter - see if you're a fit - Nick is great! 2nd step: Interview with Hiring Manager (He was great) - walk through your background, tell me about yourself, ask questions, etc. pretty chill interview. 3rd/4th step: Interview with Peers - AE + Presale Engineer: Culture Fit interview they are separate interviews but everyones new so hard to get much intel outside of their own experience. 5th: Interview Panel Presentation: Hiring Mgr, Peer, Director of Presale Eng. They have a prompt for you to prepare for - it's a wide range of how you ramp, territory plan, prospect, giving an example of prospecting into an account, and a deal review in a short 45 minutes. 6th: Interview with the Director of Sales. Similar to the Hiring Manager call and walking through your background/peppering you with questions. Cross your t's and dot your i's when interviewing here - every move is being watched lol