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Thank you so much for writing about your interview experience with us! Since we do have an open source interview process and are trying out some things that no other company has tried before, this feedback is really helpful.
Since you posted your review, we have made a big push to reduce the time our interviews take (I see yours took 2+ months, and we are now targeting ~3 weeks or so). We are currently looking at the number of stages in our process and making sure that you (and our team) don't have to put TOO much skin in the game during the process. We definitely don't want our process to be a deterrent to you applying to us again. We are very happy to hear that the work that you're doing felt meaningful and also that you didn't feel that your work was going to be used after your interview too - this in itself is super important to us because it definitely isn't being used for anything other than to assess your skills!
Again, thanks for the feedback! We hope you decide to interview with us again if you do see a role that looks interesting to you too. If you have any ideas on how we can improve the process further, please email us at recruiting@cockroachlabs.com.