Interviews seem to be getting longer and longer. recently went through a process with multiple interview rounds, meeting several stakeholders over a few weeks. By the end, I felt like the company knew me well, but I also wondered whether every round was really necessary.
Have interview processes become too long for legal roles? How many rounds do you think are reasonable before both the candidate and the company have enough information to make a decision?

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I think it should be 3 1. Hr Interview to check for a pulse/culture fit/base requirements 2. Technical interview to make sure you have the qualifications 3. General team members or boss interview. Anything more is looking for the perfect candidate at every angle and frankly starts to waste the time and energy of the candidate. I had one process where it was 6 interviews and I didnt get it. I felt that they had wasted my time. I was tired/destoryed/angry about the whole thing. Hiring needs to go back to basics or have a way of compensating candidates because the asks are ridiculous.

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The worst part is there's nothings I can do ! Hiring teams get to call the shots with no repercussions.

Google did a study on this and determined they were most successful with choosing candidates after 4 interviews. I think 4 is excessive when you consider the fact that every applicant is applying to (and interviewing for) multiple roles at the same time. We have a limited amount if vacation/sick time and wven more limited excuses to miss work.

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Yes 4 sounds a lot to me.

I've said this many times before and I'll keep saying it. Unless you are going for a departmental level of above, you shouldn't need more than two face to face interviews.

This doesn't include pre or post interview work. Multiple phone calls and emails are fine, but meeting after meeting, no. There's too much time effort and expense that goes into an interview to justify it all.

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I just did 2 rounds in addition to a screener that took 10 weeks from application to offer. I had a parallel process going where I’ve done a screener and first round but am nearing week 6 before scheduling second round. Frustrating.

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