Grafana Labs Software Engineer interview experience

I even got to the point where the hiring manager asked about what start date I wanted, which made the whole process feel like it was moving toward something real. After that, I went through a regional sales director interview, then a technical interview, and a mock discovery session with a sales engineer. They also advised me to begin preparing a demo using their cloud setup, which I started right away.

What made everything tense was the long stretch after the demo work. I went several days with no contact, and then I received an automated “not selected” email on a Sunday morning. I tried to