Overall very poor, uncoordinated, not based on an objective assessment, rather the opinion of 1 person an unnecessarily long.
I went through a 4 stage interview process: first stage was with the talent acquisition lead, second with the Global CEO, third stage with the London team members and 4th Stage with the US MD. I was communicated that the last stage is just 'to discuss next steps', but this just ended up being a formal interview with the US MD.
The Global CEO is a visionary leader who understands people and the London team are genuinely lovely, so it was a real shame to be given very subjective feedback which solely seemed to be based on the US MD's personal opinion.
I am an experienced hire (although from a different industry), so am not used to such very long lead times with interviews. I had to be persistent and follow up myself: my expectations were continually mismanaged with respect to timeframes.
After the 4th interview I followed up, and was persistent in seeking an answer: I did this as I was very keen to get started and had personal contacts at 2 multinational companies (one in the logistics sector and another in food supply), both based in the US, who were finding it difficult to recruit senior leaderships positions with the right skillset. I probed into the company's target sectors, during the interviews, so that I could make a decision to introduce my contacts or not when I started, in order to set the bar in proving my worth if selected.
I have since been shortlisted for final stage interviews at 2, tier 1 executive search firms, who seem to be interested in, and take my past experiences in the non-executive search roles I have performed, as distinct advantages. During the final interview with the US MD, I was given the impression that my previous experiences worked against me, which has now been proven to be totally ridiculous in my other interviews and engagements. Unconscious bias seems to be rife at this company.