1. Meet with recruiter (30 min)
2. Meet with hiring manager (30 min)
3. Problem solving exercise (45 min)
4. Cross-functional interview (30 min)
5. Portfolio presentation (45 min)
6. Bar raiser interview (30 min)
I don't feel there was enough time allocated for the portfolio presentation portion, at least in my experience. They asked for a deep dive on one study, and high level on the other study. But presenting 2 case studies in a 45 min time frame only left 5 min for questions. I went over in time. I recommend as an applicant to trim your case studies significantly, as these designers ask really good questions and it can make you shine to have more time allocated for that. Maybe that's where I went wrong. Among other things haha.
I think I agree with a piece of another comment someone left on here that there wasn't a whole lot of conversational time spent in the interviews meaning I don't think I got to know the interviewers super well in my time by the end of the final round. But perhaps that is reflective of the company and how they work internally. Or maybe there just wasn't a lot of time in general in each interview, so that could be it too. I did get the impression that everyone was extremely intelligent and kind hearted. It just was a really hard interview process overall, but fair.
3-6 above were all apart of the "final round". It might've been nice if the final round was split into two separate rounds, with the problem solving exercise and portfolio review in one round, and the cross functional and final bar raiser in another round. I think that would give a good sense of whether someone can do the job, and then the other rounds focused more on "would I like working with this person".
Recruiter was very helpful and responded within 48 hours between rounds. Except for the final round, which made it clear I didn't get the job or wasn't the top choice.
If another opportunity came up, I'd apply again. Seems like a hardworking bunch.