The process was all online and very straight forward. After an initial conversation with the internal recruiter to determine suitability for the role, I had a 30 min Microsoft Teams meeting with the Head of Engineering to talk more about the role and a bit about myself. Within a day or two I had a request for a 2-hour interview with a group of people including other managers and engineers on MS Teams. I was also asked to prepare a short PowerPoint presentation (no more than 20 min) to talk through. The timescales were also very quick, it was great to have an outcome within 2 days of each stage. Overall, I found everyone I spoke with to be extremely smart, friendly and genuinely interested in understanding my level of experience and as such I found the process comfortable and relaxed enough to allow me to be myself.

There were 3 phases in total - starting with a role description and an expectations check which I think is really important for both parties to ensure there are no surprises in the end. The second one was more of a chat about my own experience and also an opportunity for me to ask any questions I had (which I had plenty of!) The final interview was with the Head of Technology, Principal Engineer and an Engineering Manager. This was mainly situation / scenario based questions + some questions out of my answers on them.