I actually really enjoyed my interview process with Formation Bio, for the most part. The TA team was excellent and responsive. The process is admittedly quite long (I think it had ~6 steps) and the recorded interviews make it feel far too formal. You don't really have an opportunity to actually connect with the interviewers, you're just thrown into rapid fire technical Q&A -- which is a shame because most of them seemed very personable and nice. In my case, due to conflicting schedules, I was asked to speak with one of their senior People team members instead of the TA department head. This individual showed up late, ate and multi-tasked/was distracted for the entire interview, and had the call drop several times due to a poor connection on their end. I understand tech issues happen, but asking candidates to carve out several hours for a very long interview process only to eat during and not give your full attention for a single hour of conversation did not exactly get me excited to join the team. I get it, I may not have been the right fit for the company -- and that is totally fine! -- but to have made me feel less important than lunch or answering a few emails made it a thoroughly disappointing experience and I likely would not have taken the role even if offered. While I can't imagine this is everyone's experience, and hope this criticism is constructive. I wish the team all the best, they have a very interesting company setup.

Meeting with five teammates total. Initial call with the talent manager, then zoom meetings with four teammates (4 total interviews, which is a total of two hours), the interview process took about 2 weeks.