Quick recruiter response (after applying and to schedule the second round); that's where the positives end. Round 1 (VP of Engineering, 30 min): More of a venting session than an interview. The company's current product is struggling, the replacement is being rushed, and investors are applying pressure. No sprints, Jira replaced by Linear, 10k merge requests with almost no code reviews - and apparently a lot of time being spent on requirements to compensate. Round 2 (cross-functional panel): I prepared a full business case and presented for 25 minutes. When I finished, I received zero questions or feedback on the presentation. None. Instead, they started to ask a few "Tell me about a time" questions while their meeting room webcam kept cutting out. The panel could barely stay present and engaged. One interviewer scrolled through his phone almost the entire time and apologies were minimal. The agreed format (20-25 min presentation / 25 min feedback / 45 min behavioral) was not honored. The behavioral section was dropped completely and replaced with a rushed 25-minute Q&A. The strongest impression I left with: they wanted the deck, not the candidate. I'd be very cautious about investing serious prep time for a panel that clearly hadn't invested theirs.