Extensive interview process (6-7); take home assignment upwards of 5-10 hours; and final interview with cofounder/COO who has the final decision making authority.
All interviewers were nice, but the recruiter was either fantastic or absentee.
The #1 issue I see with this interview process and company is that the entire interview process/panel concludes with the CoFounders having the final decision. This means that, despite their leadership/executive team spending 4-6 hours identifying high quality candidates to hire, the candidates are only those that are given a "hire" by a CoFounder. I Imagine this must feel very disempowering for hiring managers, is not cost effective, and introduces bias since every hire decision is made by only a handful of people.