I just got.my schedule and its only the interviewers first name and last initial, no reference to what I could be asked (some of my friends got that in their schedule so not sure if this is norm) Also I'm getting a boxed lunch, I thought we usually go out for lunch? It seems my interview is only till 12 so that might be why? Is this a bad sign? Or am I over thinking this? Also one of my interviews appears to be QA engineer my friends think he might be my bar raiser but I thought all interviewers are sde/hiring manager? Any thoughts?
They can do them anywhere. Just a way of interviewing in bulk.
Nothing abnormal about this. The fact that you have 1hr interview blocks per person is normal and likely not a blitz. But even so, wouldn’t matter. Regarding the bar raiser, they can be any position and are always from outside of the org you’re interviewing for. Relax ☺️
So they just wanted to get the interview done before lunch? That's pretty much it I'm guessing?
The more senior a role you’re applying for, the more people you have in your loop (up to I believe 7). I went in for an L6 role and interviewed with 6 plus an informal lunch interview. Believe me, by the last few I could barely speak properly. You’re lucky. Don’t read into it. If they wanted not to hire you then they’d cancel your loop.
It's 6 people with 2 people each in the last two interviews both of them honestly seem like possible bar raisers( I couldn't find linkedin of any of their partners) but one is QA and the other is solution architect for Alexa voice. I'm assuming since I'm interviewing for AWS and the architect is my bar raiser and is probably going to ask me system design
Pretty normal, nothing wrong with it.
What’s a bar raiser?
That sounds like a hiring blitz. How long is each interview?
1 hour, Wtf is a hiring blitz and how did I get singled out for an interview loop that starts at 8am bruh
Okay sounds like the hiring blitz is usually when they come to cities and aggro interview others ( usually without a bar raiser apparently?) But mine is in Seattle o.o