Job-seekers complain about “ghost jobs,” five rounds of interviews, and tedious skills tests—but even major leaders are not exempt from the ordeal. Google CEO Sundar Pichai was put through nine interviews and a trick question before securing an SVP product manager role at the $4.5 trillion company. Likewise, former U.S. vice president Kamala Harris revealed the intense process she went through to land the coveted White House job.
“When I was being vetted for vice president, I had a nine-hour interview with a lawyer going through everything,” Harris recalled on the Diary of a CEO podcast last year. “My taxes, my professional record, everything.”
