Seven rounds, eleven weeks, and the role was closed before the last one
Screen, hiring manager, take-home, take-home review, system design, two behavioral, and a "quick culture chat" that makes eight if you count it.
Week ten they went quiet. Week eleven: budget reallocated, role on hold, they'd "keep me in mind."
Eleven weeks is a real cost. That's eleven weeks I wasn't pushing as hard on other pipelines because this one felt close. I'm not sure the lesson is anything more than: never treat a process as close, no matter how far in you are.
What's your record for number of rounds?
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AnonymousAnon The "this one feels close so I'll ease off elsewhere" trap has cost me more than any bad interview ever did. I don't slow down now until an offer is in writing, and I've regretted that exactly zero times.
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AnonymousAnon Nine. At a company that then had me sign an NDA about the interview process. I still don't know what for.