Started out standard and well; an initial chat with internal recruiting, followed by several rounds with other senior and principle engineers, initially focusing on technical then soft skills. Then it turned into a mess from Atlassian's side. After flying through several rounds I did not hear anything for 4 weeks. I chased this up and got told that out of nowhere an internal candidate was applying for the same position as myself and that my process had been put on hold. A few more weeks followed until I was told that the internal candidate was out of the picture and we could proceed again with a final round interview. This was in mid-December. What followed was in fact a further THREE rounds of interviews, further delay with no communication and finally at the end of January, after 3 months in the process, a phone call saying they were not going ahead. On this phone call the internal recruiter also said she was having a meeting with the senior managers the following week to discuss other opportunities to place me in the company and that she would get back to me, however, I never received any other communication again. All in all this was the most disorganised and time-wasting process I have every been through for a corporate company. A clear lack of direction and communication across what seems like all sides is apparent. With this I am afraid I would not recommend interviewing at Atlassian if your time is more valuable and you don't want to get played around.

Standard process for a platform engineer (SRR) role, around what you have completed. Completing a coding exam on data structures for this role is unusual though. Role seemed more for application development than SRE.