I really thought this opportunity was it since I had made it to the Final Interview stage but I was incredibly disappointed when I was told I didn't get it because they felt that my character was not assertive and they were concerned about my ability to "take charge" with building processes and driving change. I've managed Accounting teams in the past, led financial audits and have collaborated cross-functionally with other teams which have included building internal controls and process improvements. This process was very long (over a month when their website says only two weeks). The process included a recruiter screen, hiring manager call, take home challenge, a presentation of the take home challenge, and a final interview loop. My final interview included the CEO and I felt like he wasn't interested. He showed up late, replied with "awesome" to all of my answers, and decided he didn't want to answer my last question and left the call early. Something tells me there was a bias and I think their metrics in assessing a candidate's qualifications needs to be improved. I'm rating this experience as neutral because I still had a pleasure working with the recruiter because she was very nice, incredibly responsive and transparent. The hiring manager was very nice as well and I thought we would have made a great team.