I received a call from linkedin application. The HR was fantastic to say the least- respectful, informative and very engaging. After a round of interview with the HR I was scheduled to be on a telephonic interview with the hiring manager based out of Singapore. Step 1 : I am skipping the HR round as I consider that to be more of a review of my profile and a confirmation of interest. The meeting with the hiring manager was scheduled for 45 minutes. It went really well (or it appeared to) . It was never a skill assessment interview rather a two way process Step 2 : Interview with Senior Consultant (based out of Singapore again), another high grade knowledge sharing exchange Step 3 : Interview with Sales Manager based out of India, here , the interview landscape mode tilted back to assessment but more of a profile assessment!, at the end the of it the business model, operations was so well explained that I thought I am already there, :) Step 4 : Interview with Research VP, this one was a little off the hook, but gradually the interviewer and me got engaged in a better dialogue bringing back the flavor of getting to know each other better Step 5 & 6 : Case presentation and Playbook presentation- this needed a lot of preparation and I guess I did justice to it! It was attended by several key folks in their New Delhi office and the hiring manager over VC Couple of folks the HR & the hiring manager deserves a lot of accolades for conducting such a smooth ( and long) process in the best way possible! The only change what might be needed is making those interviews a little longer to help candidates express themselves (it was way too short - 30 mins), also this meant that by the profile discussion is over you are done with the time.

The interview was based on the STAR process. STAR stands for Situation, Task (or Thought), Action, and Result. The interview was based on behavioral based interviewing. The recruiter also checked in with me after every interview.