1st round was a typical first interview with a recruiter, felt thorough and professional. 2nd round was a meeting with 2 members of the team, which in all honesty was superfluous. I'm not sure what value it added to the process in terms of assessing a candidate, but it was a nice chat and a chance to learn a little about day to day life in the company. 3rd round was a role playing exercise (presenting to a fake client about how Adyen can help their US expansion). 'The client' was 2 TLs. This was a very informative stage and required a few days preparation to prepare the deck and research the company. The questions asked by the TLs were relevant and this was an enjoyable round. Feedback from rounds 1-3 was timely and my recruiter did an excellent job keeping communication lines open and helping set expectations for each round. All 3 rounds require knowledge of the Adyen Formula (the company culture/values basically) as this was consistently brought up. My final round was unfortunately very disappointing however. The company flew me onsite to see the office and meet the MD. Ahead of the trip, I was told no preparation was needed and truth be told, I wasn't fully clear on what the trip actually entailed other than "the MD will ask you where you see yourself in 5 years". After meeting my would-be TL for 30 mins (just a chat really, I think we both assumed I had the job) I was brought to meet the MD. The MD seemed very scattered and had to be told twice who I was and why I was there. She then opened my CV on her laptop and proceeded to just fire questions at me about my experience (some of which I failed to see the relevance of but answered anyway). I didn't get the chance to ask many questions and I felt I had stepped into a 1st round interview versus a glorified coffee chat like I was led to believe. Nobody was there to show me out so the MD reluctantly accompanied me out the door. My recruiter went silent on me but emailed me briefly to say the earliest I would receive a call would be 2 days later. Instead of a call, I received a last minute, automated email at EOD 2 days later, letting me know I was rejected. I find this very disappointing given the constant assurance that Adyen "doesn't hide behind emails". Overall it was a very sour end to what was a really enjoyable and professional process. The lack of clarity regarding the nature of my office visit and lack of communication at the final hurdle let the process down quite a bit and left me feeling a little confused and misled