The negative experience stemmed from the fact that I am convinced this company has ZERO common courtesy to job candidates. This conclusion is after I have spent 2 calls with the hiring manager, did a case presentation for them, spoke to 5+ members on the extended team, then was told that I will talk to another person the following week, only to have them disappear and not hear back again (entire end-to-end process 3+ months). You would think after a candidate has spent so much time with a team, even if she is not a good fit, someone on the team would get back to the candidate with the decision. But nope. I didn't bother to follow up further since this is probably a company that doesn't value people, utterly unorganized, or both.

Applied online. After a week with no response, I reached out to their recruiter. He got back to me a few days later and scheduled a 1:1 phone interview with the hiring manager for the next week. It was mostly an execution interview. Light on prioritization and communication/behavioral questions. One or two questions about game economy and monetization design. No specific questions about the product. Throughout the interview, it seemed to me that the hiring manager was asking rote questions and was looking for specific sorts of answers. At the same time, he seemed unsure what I would be doing in this role. These are red flags to me. Anyhow, I highly recommend to applicants at this stage to rehearse something staid. You probably won't get any points for authenticity or original thinking. Go for a safe answer. UPDATE: After three weeks, they finally got back to me. Seems they changed the role and went with someone else.