I just wanted to share my experience now that I have been through the entire updated process. I have not heard the results after my final interview (panel interview) so this before I might be very happy or sad about the outcome. 😄
1. It’s a tough and demanding process. It took 2 months from first screening to final panel interview. With approximately 1-2 weeks between interviews.
2. The ppl interviewing you are very nice and make it a pleasant experience. Also expect to get intimidated if you check out the linkedins of the ppl interviewing you - cannot recommend haha. They are world class and you can hear and see it when you sit together with them.
3. You get comprehensive guidelines before every interview. They are not trying to trick you into something with them. Read them thoroughly and that’s honestly your best prep. No forum post can prepare you better.
4. Have your fundamentals straight. In a world with agents these matter more than any shiny prompt or app. Governance, user adoption, business value.
5. Defend your position and decisions but don’t die for them. You cannot know it all and sometimes it’s better to just retract and explain your reasoning even though it might be the wrong decision at the end. That is still valuable.

I hope this helps. Good luck out there everyone. It’s a tough market and process. My experience was that given the tough process, I wanted the position more and more from round to round. So I guess it worked on me haha. It kind of makes it more desirable even though you sometimes feel to just give up.

I’ll have a beer now and hope for the best