It was a fantastic experience interviewing with Elsevier. Their process is really lean and from what I've noticed, they're always looking to improve it. I only had two interviews and they already knew if they wanted to make an offer or not. The first zoom interview was a little bit hard to schedule, because they were interviewing a lot of people and because I wasn't the most available candidate. It was a friendly conversation with the engineering director, which is a very fun and inspiring guy. We introduced ourselves and there was a simple and straight forward technical question, then we spoke about some of my past experiences. The second interview was a two-step of 1 hour each, face-to-face talk with leaders and developers of the team, in the format of "we're going to ask you a bunch of questions until you can't answer anymore or we run out of time", which was very fun and mostly, practical and relevant questions were asked. On every step of the process, they opened up some space for me to ask questions, which most importantly, they very enthusiastically answered. After they've made their mind, who called me to give the good news or feedback was the engineering director himself, which is awesome because most companies give feedback to the recruiter. Besides, when the talent acquisition manager called, he gave detailed feedback on the interview and a few points of improvement, which is very much appreciated. PS: Their office is really big, modern and has a great panoramic view, but also with some cool startup-like stuff.

I applied through a recruiter. It was a video call; the interview took 40 mins. I interviewed at Elsevier in Jan 2022. The first round was with the hiring manager.