The Hiring Manager (Sr Project Manager) directly contacted me and scheduled the interview. She and one more Sr Manager took the interview. She was the only one talking, she came directly on questions- give an example of a complex project you managed. She asked me to repeat lot of information as she wanted to note down the nature of business complexity and the technical complexity, size of the team, budget and why I thought the project was complex. Then she asked me an example where I faced a challenge and how I dealt with that. Also if the same challenge comes in this position, how would I handle that. Other questions were around the details of the team managed, how many were directly reporting, an average budget and size of team etc etc. Then the routine questions, what others think of you, your strengths and weaknesses. I knew that they are looking for somebody with more (more than 5 yrs) experienceand someone who has handled large projects (more than 12M). I personally did not like the attitude and unfriendliness of the hiring manager. She did not made me feel respected. The interview lasted for 30 minutes.

It was far more rounds of interviews than I had expected for this role. I had a phone round followed by several round of interviews with various team members. I would say it was more than 360.