TL;DR Spent 5+ hours interviewing and passed, but denied by CEO? Initially interviewed for senior role, but did not move to the onsite. Recruiter reached back out a month later, since they now had a non-senior opening, and fast-tracked me to the virtual onsite. After the virtual onsite, recruiter was very quick to follow-up, and told me the team wanted to have one more technical interview before making a final decision. Passed the bonus round and agreed verbally on the offer. After 2 days, recruiter called to let me know that the CEO has to sign every single offer letter. Unfortunately, my offer was presented but did not receive the CEO's approval/signature, even though they were not part of the interview process at all.... I asked for more details, but was told vague answers around potentially re-shaping the role, lack of prior knowledge from the CEO about this role, etc... It sounds like the company might be chasing ex-FAANG engineers who were laid off since tech salaries are depressed due to market conditions...

Recruiter screen, tech screen with the hiring manager, and then onsite. Typical tech interview process. Overall, it was good. I was ghosted after the on-site so that was negative. Somehow I didn’t get a debrief before the on-site as well, which is also negative. But the interview itself wasn’t too bad. I applied for a Data Engineer position but scheduled for the Data Warehouse Engineer position. I took the interview anyway.