Easily the worst interview process I have been through. It started positively, with a technical chat and competency-based questions involving both the recruiter and hiring manager. They explained how the team works, the technology they use, and the direction they want to take the product in. At that stage, the role and the engineering environment sounded genuinely interesting. After that, however, communication became very poor. I did not hear anything for weeks until I reached out myself. I was repeatedly told that the process would move faster, and I received several apologies about how slow things had been. I was then progressed to the next stage, which involved both a system design interview with two engineers and a live coding problem. This was a two-hour interview completed in one session, with no option to split the stages across different days. I had previously been assured that I did not need to worry about not being fully familiar with Go, and that I could use Java for the coding interview. During the interview, the engineers said they wished they had been told this beforehand and apologised again for the lack of communication. To their credit, both the coding interview and system design discussion went well, and the feedback I received was very positive. However, the following week I again had to keep reaching out to understand where I stood in the process. I was eventually told there would be another interview and that someone would be in contact to arrange availability. I am still waiting for that communication. At this point, the process has taken around three months and still appears to be ongoing. While the product and technology stack looked interesting, the lack of organisation and poor communication throughout the hiring process has completely put me off. My time is also valuable, and candidates should not have to repeatedly chase for basic updates.