The interview process for the role went smoothly, and it took just slightly over a month, from the start when the recruiter had reached out, to the completion of the interviews and the offer process. Apart from the call with the recruiter, there were 3 rounds of interview - first round with a team member, second round with the hiring manager and another team member, and the final round with the HRBP and Ops manager. It really helped that the recruiter had been efficient in responding to questions and scheduling the interviews. There was just one hiccup throughout the process - one of the interviews was scheduled to be conducted by 2 interviewers, and on the day of the interview, 1 of the 2 interviewers could no longer make it. There was no prior communication about that to the candidate. Though the interview went on as scheduled, there was a lack of clarity at that point in time, if another interview would be required with the interviewer who could not be present, or if there were other processes in place for that situation. It would have been great if there had been an update provided to the candidate beforehand, or if more information could be provided to notify the candidate of what to expect. Apart from that, after the interviews, the talent acquisition team took over, and the POC was very responsive and provided information that was useful for the candidate's reference in considering the offer.

4 rounds over 3 weeks, all through phone and video calls. First round was HR, to explain the job scope and confirm my interest. HR was from China and spoke pretty poor English - I had to guess and repeat her sentences multiple times. Second and third rounds were with a peer and a manager from the team in China. They were both friendly and informative, and interview was spent learning more about each other. The fourth interview was with the SG Hub leader, on a weekday evening. He was late to the call, and spent only 15 minutes asking me what I knew about the job, but didn't delve deeper into my past experiences. Overall a bad call, especially when I could tell he was rushing through it when he started cutting my answers short and ended the call 45 minutes earlier.