First a screening call with an internal recruiter. Second was a take home assessment. Third was a tech interview with three engineers from the company - super nice guys and really enjoyed the conversation. I thought this would be deeper dive into the assessment and architectural decisions, choices made and why, maybe even expand on some of it in real time; assessment wasn't even mentioned. No questions about the role itself either or questions related to the role. Just basic scenarios about how I handle explaining technically complex things to non-tech people, etc... Live coding was basically a 5th grade level math question that I choked and couldn't solve. I stand by my belief as a very experienced engineer that there are way too many rounds in software engineering roles and you're never truly prepared. Also, up to this point I had had a wonderful correspondence with an internal recruiter. Instead of her reaching out (as I am a big boy and I can handle it) - it was the standard, AI created email that they are pursuing other candidates.