I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Sept 2023
Interview
I had Seven interviews with 7 different people/groups. 1- external coding with Karat, 2 - Engineering Mgr, 3- Internal Coding, 4-Internal Coding, 5- System Design Interview, 6- Cross Team Mgr, 7 - Director.
And the the original HR interview. The process took almost 2 months, with the last 5 interviews on 2 consecutive days. At the end they rejected saying interviews 1,3,4 were not up to the mark.
Honestly no one should reach interview 7, if 1, 3, 4 are not satisfactory. It was stressful, time-consuming and disappointing to go through that entire process, when half of it could have been avoided if the rejection was based on early performance. BTW, I did solve the coding ones, altho not optimally.
I must add that all the people I met were very friendly, engaging and a nice , especially the recruiter Tre.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Our intention is to ensure that each candidate has the opportunity to fully showcase their skills, and we are saddened to hear that you felt disappointed at the end of our process. We appreciate your feedback and will continue to work on improving our hiring process.