I had the screening, 3 phone interviews, and 2 onsite. First onsite comprised of 4 people and the second with a 30 minute presentation, 5 people. Recruiter provided feedback for interviews. Feedback I thought was interesting - asked for more details however I was providing specific projects I worked on along with the metrics. Supposedly I didnt get the offer because of a situational question they asked to test my "strategic" thought process (which did stump me - I should have said I didn't have enough information to answer) but I had provided plenty of examples previously where I did analysis and provided recommendations - including the 30 minute presentation I had to do during the second onsite interviews. There was a comment provided to me - so I had a feeling they already had a candidate in mind. The hiring manager kept cutting me off after every question which probably should have been a sign. But actually I found out later that they had decided to not backfill the position and still proceeded to continue with the interview. This experience was pretty unpleasant where you spend hours preparing for the interviews and get bogus feedback when the intention was to never higher anyone for the position. By the way, all though it is ultimately "Cisco" as they were acquired, the setup is very "start-up". They have collaborative workspaces where I don't see how anyone can get anything done when you are a conference call and the people next to you are having conversations. But some people like that.
