Its simple. Go to Google then. FAANG gang is decades older than Oxide and 3-4 order of magnitude higher revenue. They can hire hundreds of people a year who never do an hour of useful work in a year and still be fine. A startup can't do that.
I don't understand how these arguments about normality are supposed to be persuasive when so many of us have had the experience of being required to travel to do interview cycles. Nine hours does not actually sound like all that much to me.
Travel time is not equivalent to interview time. I would rather travel 2 days for a 3 hour interview than have a 9 hour interview in my current city. Interviews are exhausting if they are thorough.
> Nine hours does not actually sound like all that much to me.
I think because of who you are you haven’t actually had to experience a regular tech interview in 10+ years.
That's directionally true but note that I'm not talking about current interview practice; I'm comparing claims about current norms to what they were before.
(Though: I actually did interview somewhere recently.)
The comparison to a superintendent is bunk because that’s a politically loaded position so the vetting is high because of that, not the comp.
None of the FAANG gang put up 9 hours of interviews and pay more than Oxide.
Just own it, your process is more time consuming and is NOT normal. But it’s what gives you an extraordinary team. FAANGs are filled with bad hires.