Interviewing with 8 (!) people in one day

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CWzG00

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CWzG00
Apr 27 14 Comments

I am interviewing for a director role and got to a final round with one of the companies. A recruiter sent me the itinerary and I saw that I will have to talk to 8 fucking people in one day. Is this a norm for a director role or should I take my stuff and run the f away from this company?

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  • Indeed / Mgmt
    TDM_here

    Go to company page Indeed Mgmt

    TDM_here
    If you have an issue talking with 8 people in a day, you probably wonโ€™t make a good director.
    Apr 27 2
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      CWzG00

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      CWzG00
      OP
      Just talking is no problem but being grilled with difficult questions almost non stop for 7 hours is hard. Maybe I won't make a good dir you're right haha
      Apr 27
    • Agreed. Attending 8 meetings is a lot different than leading 8 meetings.
      Apr 27
  • Yelp / Eng
    pAhhz

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    pAhhz
    Normal. I have talked to ten (10) people for senior software engineering roles at companies like Apple, The New York Times, Amazon, among others. It is usually in pairs, but still, five (5) hours of interviews in the same day is tiring.
    Apr 27 4
    • Amazon / Mgmt
      baddev1

      Go to company page Amazon Mgmt

      baddev1
      When did you interview with Amazon? At least since the last 5 years,
      Sr SDE has a hard limit of 5 loops. If there were 10, those people were shadowing and learning from the interview. Not asking questions.

      You might have interviewed before my time if you were actually questioned by 10 people.
      Apr 27
    • Thanks for your two (2) cents (1/100).
      Apr 27
  • PayPal
    djeldjq

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    djeldjq
    8 rounds for D is not unusual.

    Session split across 2 days is normal.
    All in one day is brutal.

    Why donโ€™t you request the sessions to be split across days? This is very normal.

    The big challenge would be for the recruiter to get schedules for folks who are interviewing you. If the role is D , then more than half of your panel will be D+. This could lead to delays.

    If you are serious about this and donโ€™t want it stretched, then just grind it and get done.
    Apr 27 0
  • Applied Material / Other
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    Normal for Director+ roles. They are speeding up the process, instead of spreading the 8 over multiple days/weeks
    Apr 27 0
  • I think Apple has standard 8 people interview for HW roles atleast
    Apr 27 0