Step 1 Recruitment interview (30 min) described the process of 5 interviews: -before each interview candidate to receive a pre-brief -after each interview candidate to receive a feedback -the process is to determine suitability/seniority/remuneration -identified who the hiring manager were -interviews are to follow the STAR method Step 2 Hiring Manager (senior EA) interview (30 min): -introduction, goals, strengths, growth areas Step 3 ‘EA as a craft’ interview (90 min) with current EA and departmental Chief of Staff: -I was pre-briefed on having to walk through my career history from high school up till today: experience & how values evolved -Despite letting the interviewers know of my pre-brief, I was told they prepared some questions for me so I couldn’t really use my notes Step 4 Values interview (45 minutes) with a software architect: -the interviewer showed greater interest in how I answer his randomly, on the spot picked questions than finding out my relevant values -some of these questions were irrelevant (at least for an EA) ‘did you ever had a first impression that later proved to be wrong’? Nothing came to mind on the spot, so couldn’t answer the question. Apparently that was ‘fine, happens to others too’. -‘Explain to me a project change of scope and how you handled it?’ Answer: I project managed and launched a quarterly media product in a very short timeframe (3 months) that was an instant customer success. I had no previous experience and processes had to be established by scratch, it was supplier funded and the 1st issue was close to break even. Even though there wasn't a change of scope but I did not know what I was doing (impostor syndrome) and just took one day at a time. The Verdict: -after 1 week of not receiving any feedback I reached out to recruitment -I was told my values are clearly great but based on my answers provided at the values interview I failed: ‘Answers lacked depth and didn’t demonstrate key learnings.’ -I was advised in 12 months’ time I can re-apply to Atlassian