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On the hiring side, I felt US and Asian companies were a lot more wary and had tougher "on the paper" requirements to enter.

For comparison most French companies I've seen can hire an engineer within 3 interviews. I entered a company in the past in a single interview.

In comparison talking with an US company's HR, the plan was 4 rounds with a coding test, for an average of about a month to go through the whole process and there's still a probation period.