I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at LaunchDarkly
Interview
Overall process was pretty standard. Recruiter screen, hiring manager, panel, then final presentation. Everything was great up until presentation. I was provided what appeared to be an AI generated prompt that had 2 parts. A hypothetical scenario, and then an in-depth look at your framework and approach for the role with one hour to present. The prompt was not aligned for what the team is actually looking for however. I received positive feedback regarding how I addressed the prompts. But what they really wanted was hyper specific live examples to nuanced problems they are facing internally. They should ask those questions and integrate that as part of the presentation prompt in my opinion.
I applied online. I interviewed at LaunchDarkly in Feb 2026
Interview
Recruiter screen, HM interview, team interviews, final panel presentation. The panel had different people than the team interviews, and it was clear that some of them wanted to use the time for their questions rather than engaging with the presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you ask for help from the sales reps? (And be very specific)
It began with a recruiter screen followed by a hiring manager interview, then VP interview. I didn't make it past the VP interview but I believe there would have been 1 or 2 more rounds. Recruiter + hiring manager rounds included very standard questions ("why do you want to work at LaunchDarkly", how much do you know about what we do, tell me about your prior sales experience, etc.) and were more casual and conversational. VP interview was more intense with rapid fire questions and there were only a couple of minutes left at the end for me to ask questions (interview was scheduled for 30 mins). The recruiter was helpful beforehand though in giving me some ideas of the types of questions that would be asked so I wasn't totally thrown off.
Overall I don't think the role/company would have been a good fit for me anyways.