The first screening with the recruiter was nicely paced and entertaining. The recruiter was very attentive during the whole process. The second interview was more of a cultural interview with a peer who was very professional and kind. Very enjoyable conversation with this person and I left the meeting with a very good impression of the company. I seriously felt like I wanted to work and learn from this person. For the 2nd round, they asked for my availability, which was supposed to take 3.5 hours. They booked a total of 4 interviews for a total of 4 hours, spread across timeslots where I had clearly stated I wasn't available. - One was supposed to be a mix of pair programming where I had to write a console application in a language of my choice. - Another was a technical deep dive into a past project. There were very specific instructions about this one, like no presentations, the type of project, among other things. - Then a 90-minute panel with 3 very senior people about people leadership. - Finally a meeting with a VP for what looked like a cultural interview. I withdrew my application as I didn't have the time to go through all of this and found the fact that they booked the interviews outside of my available time slots very rude.

Interviewing with Clio showed me how much they value hiring "human and high performing" (their words) people. It had a number of steps (both usual and more-than-usual): recruiter screen, then a hiring manager interview with the director of this organization (60 minutes on my technical background and what I was looking for), programming (60 minutes of solving a straightforward problem using my own development environment), system design (60 minutes of designing a system to solve a particular problem on Zoom whiteboarding), a people leadership interview (90 minutes with an HRBP), a culture screen (45 minutes with a senior director about what drives me and why I do what I do), and then finally 60 minutes with the hiring manager again to follow up on questions they had. Though the process was in-depth and I didn't end up accepting their offer, I was incredibly impressed with Clio: their values came out through the whole process, and everyone I spoke to radiated humanity above all else. They were also incredibly accommodating of my timelines due to having another offer in hand.