The interviewing process took more or less 3 weeks. The process is pretty long but it makes a lot of sense, then you see the result: You work with very senior and dedicated people (not only in Engineering but in the whole company). The first stages were mainly online with the recruiting team. After completing a preliminary coding test I spoke directly with the heads of Engineering. Finally I was invited to a couple of inhouse tests. First architecture, second a coding test. Above all it was fun. The Engineering leaders are very hands on and this is something you see since you are interviewing with them. The last stages consist in meeting the team and the CEO of the company. Some of the guys I met have been in the company for more than 2 years, something that is a very good sign nowadays. The conversation with the CEO is very insightful. Actually I was interviewing with other companies and never had the opportunity to meet one of the C level execs.

An RH person on LinkedIn has contacted me. He had cancelled the first interview, saying that "Google Meeting is not working". Then we rescheduled for next week. He started saying "Let's do the boring things" and explained the role. Then he asked me to "talk about myself". I've done a summary of my career, avoiding technical things because it was apparently a screening interview. After less than an hour into the interview, he told me that the team had decided not to progress my application. It was strange for me because it was a screening, and the negative feedback came so fast, so I asked for feedback. To be honest, I felt like he just sent the interview transcription to an AI. To my surprise, that was the feedback: "As you interviewed with us back in November 2024. We normally schedule a call just to double-check if any of your circumstances have changed. Compensation, location, notice, for starters, as within a year, a lot can change. As well as to find out what you're working on professionally since we last interviewed you, too. The reason we aren't progressing is that, at this current moment, after reviewing your application. The team feel we wouldn't have a suited role for you. So we wouldn't want to waste your time!" He didn't mention that at any moment they wanted to "find out what you're working on professionally since we last interviewed". I would have focused on the things I have worked on in the last year if I had known it, and it wouldn't have been a waste of time. Anyway, it was not a good experience.