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by sfrench 2490 days ago
I previously worked at Stripe. Mark's post mirrors my experience internally as a hiring manager, and as a candidate. But as you said, at scale things get harder; I'm sure the experience does vary and some percentage of people come out with experiences that don't match the ideal.

My own experience was that Stripe was able to take me from a prospect to a hire in less than 30 days. My interviews and calls were all on Friday, and I would hear back on Monday with results and schedule the next round for that very same week.

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I work at a far larger company that scaled from a smaller company.

Most people do not show up to interviews late and the process is a 1hr phone screen + 1 day onsite + 30m decision meeting. From start to end, if the candidate was available, took about 1 week. That part is not a scaling issue, but a cultural issue where it's OK to be late or flake on interviews.

30 days seems exceptionally long, unless that was driven by your timeline?
Given I had a job while interviewing, I was driving it as fast as I was comfortable. But the part that was important to me as a candidate is that I was getting feedback within 1 business day, and getting the next step scheduled for later that same week.