You are initially contacted by someone from the company for screening. You are asked three questions (why interested, that kind of thing). Next, someone from MI calls you to set up a a phone interview. From the phone interview, there is a one on one interview.
At the phone interview, the person who would be the manager over this position, escorted me into the conference room to take the call. She never introduced herself or informed me that she was the manager for that position. I found out from the HR rep on the phone that I had just spoken to the manager. When I was finished with the interview, the manager was nowhere to be found. When I came out of the conference room, there was a man in a cubicle with a laptop. He told me to have a seat. I looked at him completely bewildered because he never introduced himself whatsoever. Then he started to ask me about the call, he said some things about the recruiter. I think to get me to say negative things about her (e.g her voice is annoying, she's annoyingly bubbly). I didn't fall for the bait. Then he started talking about his family while opening his emails on his laptop. About 10 minutes later, he called the manager on his cell a second time. He mentioned she went on a holiday run. After starting up a chat about nothing in particular, I asked, "So, what do you do here?" He identified himself as the regional manager. I was surprised because again he had not introduced himself. For the umpteenth time, he left the cubicle in search of the manager.
She arrived about 30 minutes later and handed a pie to him. She asked me to follow her. I said hello to her as the manager and she seemed taken aback that I found that tidbit out. I followed her into an office where another EDSI manager sat. Then he started the interview. The manager typed on her computer the entire time. She glanced my way a few times, but it looked very dismissive on her part. I now know that wasn't a good sign.
I was there two full hours, only expecting a phone interview. Then while interviewing in the office, the regional director popped his head in and said, "You're still in this interview. There's one in a few minutes." He was directing his statement to the managers. I thought "Okay, not the best sign." I joked, "I was talking too much." Everyone laughed and a few minutes later I was done.
I was informed if applying for a leadership position, such as this, there can be a third interview.
The next day, someone from MI headquarters called me to set up the second interview. When I told her, it was done the same day as the phone interview, she was taken aback. She exclaimed, "No one told me." Paused. "Wow, no one told me." I had to reassure her it was okay.