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So for this Account Operations Lead role, I actually got promoted from being a Specialist. In the time before the promotion, I was given chances to show I had the skills for the Lead role on a bunch of projects. This meant showing I could think critically about data, work well with different teams both inside and outside of operations, juggle a lot of tasks and get them done, delegate stuff, and communicate clearly, among other things. You really needed to know Logistics, Transportation, and our tech inside and out.

It was over a year ago but I went through I believe four rounds of calls and video interviews with different people who would have been on the team and who would have been cross functionally parallel. It was an absolutely fantastic experience. I didn't wind up getting the job because they thought I'd be better suited for a different role that they didn't have open at the time but I can say it was the most human interview process I had - and I went through many round interviews with probably 20 companies around the same time. They were thorough and incredibly competent but at the same time really sincere and approachable. I can have some anxiety around interacting in an intellectually performative arena with strangers but I often completely forgot they were there to assess me.

A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn about a backend engineer role. The whole process lasted about a month, involving several one-hour interviews plus a full-day virtual onsite. One interview was surprisingly for a frontend role, and they kept asking frontend questions even after realizing the mistake. Things seemed good until I mentioned I was expecting a child. Afterward, I got an email saying they were moving on with other candidates, with no explanation or feedback on my performance. I feel it's only right to get feedback after investing so much time, especially when it means taking a day off work, and suspecting the rejection might be due to pregnancy discrimination.

I was contacted by the recruiter and then had a 1-hour portfolio review with the hiring manager where I presented 1-2 projects. This went well. The final round had two 2-on-1 interviews and another hour with the hiring manager. I really disliked the take-home design challenge because even though they said it would take 1-2 hours, presenting it for an hour meant I had to put in way more time. Also, they asked me to record the presentation without any warning, which made me uncomfortable. It felt like they were soliciting free work since the challenge was related to their core business. After the interviews, I got positive feedback, but then they kept delaying with excuses about timing for over 5 weeks. When I finally reached out, they said they changed their search parameters, which sounded disorganized and unprofessional. It would have been better to just say I wasn't a fit.