[lhorie]

> Potentially unpopular opinion on HN, but I don’t see this as unreasonable

16 hours interview loops are very much not standard practice in the industry. And frankly 100M funding isn't nearly as strong bragging point as companies seem to believe. Established companies offering north of 400k in TC don't do 16 hour loops for SWE IC level, so if you're doing those sorts of long loops, you better have an unbelievably good offer ready (like an upgrade to director-of-technology level or something along those lines).

Put it this way: the best candidates are pretty much always employed, so if you're trying to get cute with interviewing practices, they will pass you by because you're not the only employer in town, and they know the market and they know what they're worth.