This was a classic case of an employer not being aware of the need to make a good impression on a potential hire. The recruitment process is definitely not one-sided. After leaving work early and driving through a 2-hour traffic to get to make the appointment, I was kept waiting for 30 minutes without any explanation. Then I was called into the interview room where I met 3 individuals: 2 guys from HR and the Marketing Director, who was still taking a phone call. We waited another 5 minutes for the Marketing Director (some short dude with an over-inflated sense of his own importance) to get off the phone, then finally the interview started. As I answered the questions, the Marketing dude kept trying to assert that I did not know as much as I should, like I needed to really impress him. He kept correcting my answers like I was supposed to have read a specific textbook before coming for the interview. In short it wasn't a very pleasant experience. About 6 months later, I received a call from the HR guy, asking if I might be interested in trying for another role. I very politely declined. Apparently, they erroneously thought I was desperate to leave my current employer.

I had 1 interview with HR, then I was moved on to interview with the hiring manager, then moved on to 3 interviews with cross functional partners across insights, R&D and HR