1. Call with a recruiter The initial call with the recruiter was good. They told me they will send next steps same day or latest the day after. Didn't hear anything for over a week. They claimed that the emails from their recruiting tool were blocked by outlook.com? 2. Take home exercise Two weeks after initial call I finally got the take home exercise. It was very well prepared and interesting to solve. Took me 2.5hrs. 3. 2hrs technical interview Again, I don't hear anything for over a week. They decide to move on and I schedule a 2hrs block for two interviews. After that it's waiting time again. Only after directly sending an email to the hiring manager I get an answer that they will decide "this friday or monday". On Monday, a week after the interviews, I get a rejection. It's a canned response with no feedback. They state if you want feedback they will provide some but I'm still waiting. Dear Wave: Even though you have a great product you can still treat the candidates with some respect. Get back to the candidates quickly and provide feedback. You are not the only one investing a lot of time in interview processes.

I was contacted by a Wave recruiter after applying online via Wave's website. There were multiple rounds of interviews, that took place over the course of about 9 days. Thursday - Screener (30m) Friday - Take-home programming assignment (~4hrs) Tuesday - Monitoring and troubleshooting interview (2hrs) Thursday - Critical thinking and rationale (1.5hr) Thursday - Culture fit and values (1hr) Friday I received an offer and accepted.