Reminds me of my recent interview with Buzzfeed for a SRE position. It consisted of
* A half hour introductory call with the recruiter
* Another half hour call with an engineer about the position
* An hour-long technical phone interview
* Eight hour onsite technical interview
* Coming back in for a final interview with the product
manager and then a "work party" where I had to show a "lead" how to do regexes because he couldn't figure them out (this dude had been working there for four years)
So I did all that - including missing a day of work and thus pay - and was told that I was the first person who actually made it through the whole process. I then asked if that meant I'd be receiving an offer / moving forward and they said no, because the team was "Still figuring out the interview process" and that in the future they would be sure to think of me. I reached out about possible remuneration, because I had already given almost 20 hours of my time to them as well as actionable expertise. Still haven't heard back.
* A half hour introductory call with the recruiter
* Another half hour call with an engineer about the position
* An hour-long technical phone interview
* Eight hour onsite technical interview
* Coming back in for a final interview with the product manager and then a "work party" where I had to show a "lead" how to do regexes because he couldn't figure them out (this dude had been working there for four years)
So I did all that - including missing a day of work and thus pay - and was told that I was the first person who actually made it through the whole process. I then asked if that meant I'd be receiving an offer / moving forward and they said no, because the team was "Still figuring out the interview process" and that in the future they would be sure to think of me. I reached out about possible remuneration, because I had already given almost 20 hours of my time to them as well as actionable expertise. Still haven't heard back.