GitLab Engineering Manager interview questions

Overall I felt that it was a fair interview process. Challenging but fair. After a take home test, I spoke with a new person on the team each week over a 4 week span. We focused heavily on my experience as you might expect. The best part of the process was that we had good, interesting conversations. That is, the interviews were not procedural and one-sided.

The interview process consisted of six rounds. First with the technical recruiter, second with the hiring manager, third with an engineering manager, fourth with a senior software engineer, fifth with a product manager, and sixth with the senior director of development. After that, there are thorough background and reference checks before receiving an offer. Overall, it was a very in-depth and well rounded interview process. The part I enjoyed the most was having a chance to speak with team members in different positions which gave me a chance to hear different perspectives about the company and role. The recruitment team was stellar and very professional making sure that I was always taken care of as a candidate. They would quickly follow up after each interview to ensure I always knew what the next steps were. The only area of improvement would be to shorten the overall length of the interview process - since all team members are remote with their own schedules, the entire process took 6 to 8 weeks to complete.