One 30 min phone interview with the Hiring Manager with a 4-hour follow-up onsite interview. Square used to be a commanding brand and a great opportunity for anyone in the tech industry. When I met a few folks on the team, however, it wasn't very apparent that they were excited about the problems that they were trying to solve. Aside from a couple modules on programming and architecture, time with the Square team felt rushed, and it didn't seem like they were genuinely excited to hire new blood. Instead, the interviews were conducted in a very clinical way, and there weren't any interesting questions coming from the Square team. On top of that, the whole day interview at HQ was without a lunch or a break session, whatsoever. Typically this wouldn't be an important red flag, but to top it off, the Recruiting team closed the conversation with "People who join the Square team believe strongly in the mission and will take a pay cut for that mission."