The process began with a chat with a talent team member, who outlined the essentials about the company, product, and industry. He talked in great detail about the role and the interview process, which was appreciated. Round #1 was a discussion with the Head of Engineering to explain the role in more detail, and behavioural questions. Round #2 was a 90 minutes scenario-based video interviews, where we discussed my assessment and reactions to fictional scenarios, using past experience as support for my answers. Round #3, #4 and #5 were each 30 minute video discussions with senior Product and Engineering members. There were some behavioural questions, but it definitely felt like a conversation between peers. Round #6 was meeting the Founder CTO in person: most questions centered around my principles and ideals of engineering leadership. Round #7 was a video discussion an external consultant. It was overall a very lengthy interview process, explained by the fact that this role was considered by Causaly as a key hire (and the first hire with this title). Despite the length of the process, the internal recruiter was extremely clear as to what to expect in each round, what the interviewers were looking for, and examples of questions that might come up. All rounds felt like professional conversations, and not interrogations. All interviewers seemed genuinely interested in my answers, Only having one or two Causaly employees per interview made it easier. All this helped a lot to make me feel at ease, and be more genuine.