Cautionary tale: I went through a long and multi step interview process, spent several hours meeting the team and completed an extensive assignment. I was verbally offered the job multiple times, given a quote of salary and they asked for my references and called them to verify, including my current employer. I was then told that due to COVID they needed to recalibrate IF they could hire someone. They kept me in limbo for over 2.5 months and then I was finally told that they decided to fill the position in other cities where they could pay people way less, and that way they could afford to hire twice as many people! Those I interviewed with tried to be transparent with me, but it is clear they did not have transparency from the company.