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.)
> 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.