Overall very negative and pretty unprofessional experience.
I went through multiple rounds, starting from an assessment exam. I did well on that and got a case I was given 24 hours to do, which was honestly a pretty sizable lift for someone working full time given they give you a very open ended prompt requiring a lot of research before you can start to think through and do the sizing.
After that, I presented it to the group lead I'd be working under and was told the process is basically 90% over, just requiring a few chats with members on his team. Ok great.
I then didn’t hear back until the recruiter reaches out asking to schedule a chat to present the same case again to a panel of various directors, etc. Odd and not sure what changed, but ok. I'm more or less prepared, so I go ahead and present it on Friday.
After that, on that Friday night, I get an email asking to schedule a chat with the VP level head of that group on Monday and asking me to prepare and study their products. Sucks and killed a lot of my weekend, but I prepared extremely thoroughly ready to crush the chat. However, the first question the VP level guy asked me was when I'd be moving to Austin (despite the role saying that remote was ok for the right candidate) then continued to ask me questions I couldn't change or prepare for such as what my SaaS background was and my knowledge of how software is created.
From the lack of communication and late night emails from the group head to the ego of the VP and questions he asked that in theory would've weeded me out from the beginning, this was such a poorly done experience both on my part and theirs. Why would they waste so much time on their end, when these questions were probably disqualifiers from the get go?
Overall, it probably was a bullet dodged if the interactions I got were a sign of the culture. It is odd how the people say the culture is great (and Glassdoor seems to agree), yet how being ghosted and a lot of last second inflexibility seem to be the norm in these interview reviews.
By far the worst interview experience I've probably had in my last 5 years. What a Failpoint.