Job interviews are getting longer

Yeah jobs search is miserable right now. Recruiters seem to have no sense of urgency, I'd get initial phone calls scheduled like a week out. The 2-4 days for them to get that info to the hiring manager, then if they want to move on, you get a first round interview scheduled with an unavailable engineer maybe a week or two out again. The 4more rounds like that of 1 hour interviews.

They gather all the feedback and reject you on a scheduled phone call a few days after the last one.

It's almost like they don't really want to hire anyone. There's not reason this can't be done within a week, two at most.

Not just right now. I have been / am interviewing for VP / CTO roles and by god the process is so draining. By the time I get to interview with the CEO (3/4 times so far) the process gets dragged for weeks and months. The requirements for the positions changes out of nowhere or some exec is on vacation. For example, I interviewed for $25 billion market cap retailer for a VP position. All was great until an SVP which I had already spoken to wanted to talk to me again because they wanted to some question about some very random thing like what would you do if you didn’t know what to do. This after 8 hours of interview with CIO, 4 VPs, 2 SVPs and several directors. None with engineering degrees. They all had been at the company for 13-14 years.

This lasted for 3 months starting October and final rounds in December. Final rejection in mid January. Another Was over 6 months.

Candidate supply is high quality is low.

Ask a NCH, even from prestigious school with advanced degrees to investigate an issue and write a report. 3/5 chance you end up with a steaming pile of doodoo.

As they should.