This is probably the strangest interview loop I've ever been through. It starts out okay with a take home python coding assessment using the standard library but after that the whole process falls apart. To start, the follow up interview with one of the (or the only?) senior director will be a walkthrough of your code. That's fine. Then it comes to questions - which they either have no training in how to answer or are just extremely awkward and reserved. After that you'll talk to 4 other engineers at varying levels and a final wrap up interview with the same senior director. The engineers are all nice people, but none of them know what they're looking for. The conversations are super general with the occasional targeted question. In each interview they'll ask some super weird question like "have you used x ORM module" before. Like what? What kind of engineering / technical question is that. To be asked that in every interview is pretty telling for how they're assessing skill level or rather their own. Can you imagine that being an important enough question to check if you've used some specific ORM before for a senior role? Yikes. In the final interview where you interact with the senior level person that reviewed your code with you again, they may just ask "do you have any questions for me?". Nice... No I just spoke with you and 4 other people right before this. Overall the company clearly has a product the market wants, but the technical organization comes off as incompetent. On a positive note, they all seemed relaxed and it seems like a good place to retire. Fortunately, I was just interviewing around for some practice but my god was that interview process boring and a waste of time for everyone involved. Recommendations for improvement: 1. The minute you ask about a hyper specific module like an ORM, it's going to make the company and the interviewer look silly. To need to ask that in multiple interviews like it's an important question is honestly hysterical (I say that as someone that uses the ORM they love to ask about). Basically... don't do that. 2. I came into this with several years of experience, yet I was being asked about my educational background from over a decade ago. Yet another revealing moment. Focus on experience. 3. Come in with some prepared questions. Have a scorecard that aligns with those questions and assess. Ideally have those questions align with the cultural or technical competencies that you're looking for. The loop of interviews at the end were embarrassing to sit through. Recommendations for Interviewees: 1. Really sell that SQLAlchemy experience. Such an impressive and important signal for engineers here. 2. Try not to laugh during your interview 3. If someone starts off the interview with "Do you have any questions for me?" end the interview kindly and move on with your life.