I was contacted regarding my staff-level application on February 7th and didn't conclude the interview process until March 28. Over the course of that first month I spoke with three internal hiring managers. Two of them had issues setting up a phone screen because they couldn't get their Greenhouse scheduling system to work, so my application was left on "requested interviewee availability" for 23 days (found this out from a contact I had at the company). One of the hiring managers was a contractor who stopped working for the company during my application. One of them sent me an email to schedule a phone screen with "recruiter to specify PHONE/ZOOM and delete this text" still in the email. I was really interested in the company's mission, so I reached out to another hiring manager I had spoken with the previous year to get this all resolved. My 2-paragraph cover letter detailing my love for the company's mission wasn't passed on to a single interviewer. After the final 6hr round of interviews, the hiring manager I was dealing with took a 4-day weekend and I didn't hear the feedback until 9am on Monday. First, I spoke with an engineering manager who asked about my work experience, how I practice empathy in the workplace, and went over the product. Engaging interview. I then had a Coderpad interview with the first question detailed below. I didn't finish the problem, but got "very positive" feedback (presumably for my ability to talk through the problem with the interviewer) and moved on to the final round of 6 straight hours of interviews. I1 - Spoke with senior technical director about my past projects and went into architecture on some things. Very engaging architectural discussion. I2 - Coderpad, Q2 detailed below. Two interviewers. I3 - Whiteboarding question detailed in Q4 below. Two interviewers. I4 - Engineering manager interview. Questions about my past experience with some inquisitive questions about a few projects I'd worked on. Another engaging interview. There were a couple unorthodox questions which I thought were pretty interesting - not very typical. I5 - Coderpad, Q3 detailed below. Two interviewers. I6 - Interview with senior product manager. Gave a demo of the product and was asked about past experiences with product teams, notably looking for challenges and conflict resolutions. Indigo has a shockingly bad hiring process. 9 hours of interviews, 3 of which were spent in Coderpad, and one of the least engaging whiteboarding sessions I've had in my career resulted in a response that I "wasn't technical enough" for their staff-level position. Why is Leetcode the core pillar on which they judge candidates for a position on this level? Why are three Leetcode problems necessary for someone with nearly 10 years of experience? Why were the in-depth architectural questions simply verbal discussions with the senior director and not in front of a whiteboard? Why weren't there more architectural questions? Why did Indigo blow so much money getting 14 people to speak with me over the course of 8 or 9 hours just to conclude that I don't know what I'm doing?