Manager Merged Two Rounds Into One

In late October I got an interview for an HD SBA role through a friend's referral, so let me share how it went (spoiler: I got rejected). Since I hadn't interviewed in a long time, but my friend's referral was really strong, the process moved super fast — a total of 10 days to get through 2 rounds of interviews (actually 3 rounds, since the hiring manager decided to merge round 2 and round 3). Ti…

Shared by a candidate · reported Dec 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.