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The interview process was great! The first interview was a quick 15 minute call, and the second one was an hour long interview with a few members of the developer team. It was focused mostly on soft skills and culture compatibility, with a healthy number of more open-ended technical questions to make sure I knew my stuff as a developer. The process was very laid-back and pleasant in my experience, and the interviewers seemed interested in me as a person instead of treating me like a walking job application. In addition, responses were quick - I got a job offer within a few hours, and the HR team was constantly in contact with me throughout the process.

The interview process wasn't super professional, with only 2 steps. The first was a phone screen with 2 interviewers and it felt really fast. The in-person interview was meant to be with 2 people, but it ended up being most of their dev team (around 8) in a room asking random questions. I knew I didn't want the job after the first 10 minutes. The team seemed really young and cared more about sounding smart than figuring out if I'd fit. The CEO and devs made comments about things I mentioned that showed they don't get how to build good scalable software. They were pretty condescending, which is funny since their app uses old tech.

So I had this one phone call with the CEO where we talked about my background and what the company does. Then I went in for an on-site, which was with about 7 other people. They asked some standard interview questions, but it turned into a really good conversation. Even though I seemed like a good cultural fit and had the skills for the job, they didn't give me an offer initially. But, a few weeks later, things changed on their end, and they decided to offer me the position, which I took.

It started with a phone interview, the usual. Then there was a conference call interview that was really weird, like 30 seconds of total silence at the start. Nobody seemed prepared or had questions. They were vague about the web designer tasks, just saying 'it's different everyday.' I was surprised they even called me for another interview. The in-person interview was even more awkward, with about 8 people in the room. Again, it felt like they were unprepared and had never interviewed anyone before. It was strange they brought me in when they seemed so unexcited. This time the answer about the role was marketing fluff about the company, maybe from an admin or sales guy. It was still weird that no one could explain what the web designer role actually involved. I'm calling the process difficult because of the extreme awkwardness, lack of progress, and the general 'why are you here?' vibe they gave off. It felt like I was wasting their time. Someone also mentioned they were told they'd hear back in a few days but there was no follow-up at all.