The interview process with the company unfolded in several stages: Initial Screening (15 mins): A brief phone call with an HR representative to discuss basic qualifications, availability, and initial fit for the role. Department Lead Interview (30 mins): A virtual meeting with the head of the relevant department. This focused on your professional background, technical experience, and motivation for applying to the position. Technical Assignment (1 week): You received a take-home task requiring you to: Parse provided messages and a phonebook dataset. Design and implement a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for information retrieval from the parsed data. Note: The HR team occasionally demonstrated urgency during the process. For example, they unexpectedly called to request submission of the assignment a day earlier than originally agreed, adding time pressure. Assignment Review Call (1 hour): A virtual discussion with a team lead and data scientist (not from the target team). They evaluated your solution, asked technical follow-ups, and explored your general problem-solving approach. Onsite Interview (Petah Tikva Office, 1 hour): A final in-person round with the department head and team lead. Topics included: Deep dive into your past projects and expertise. Alignment with the role’s responsibilities and company goals. Whiteboard Coding Challenge: A live Fibonacci sequence problem (LeetCode-style), where you wrote a function on a whiteboard with markers.