My interview process took place over the course of 4 four months with approximately 6 visits to their office to meet with various team members. The process was initially very informal with the hiring manager gauging my interest. Eventually we transitioned to the formal interview process consisting of a day of 1:1 interviews and a return visit to present my portfolio and one working session with the team. The 1:1 interviews were very scripted. There was very little small talk or friendly banter and it was difficult to get a read on the employees since the sessions were so robotic. It was clear the employees had been through an interview training class. I was coached to talk fast and be direct by the recruiter. I was asked questions like "What's your biggest success?", "What's your biggest failure?", " What would you change about our products?". Most people I met with seemed more interested in typing notes on their computer than engaging in a conversation. The in-person meetings followed up with requests for documentation samples relating to the projects I talked through. The following week I returned to present my portfolio. Communication and feedback was spotty and infrequent between visits. When I was contacted, I was repeatedly assured that they were very much still interested in me. Well over a month and a half after my last visit, I was asked to return one more time for an hour long working session with the team where we would solve a real-world problem for one of their products. When we completed our session I was told everything went very well and the recruiter would be in touch. During this visit I was informed that they were planning on making an offer. Two weeks later I had not heard anything about my last visit so I contacted the recruiter. The recruiter replied with a rather informal email stating "We've selected another candidate". In hindsight I believe the haphazard nature of the interview process and poor communication probably reflects the nature of the work environment so it's probably for the best that it didn't work out. That said, I would feel a lot better if I had been given an explanation for why they didn't make an offer considering the amount of time and effort that went into the process on both our ends. If I didn't make the effort to reach out I'm fairly certain they would have never told me they selected someone else.