I have passed all the stages with great feedback; for example, after the pair programming exercise ' you performed strongly across all areas". After the second technical discussion, the feedback was "enjoyed the meeting and validated your strong Design capabilities sharing you have a breadth of front-end experience and appreciated that you brought alternate approaches to problem-solving." The in-person meeting with the VP of Engineering was also great and ended up with great enthusiasm. The final chat was with one of the two founders. The meeting did not highlight anything special. However, he asked me some back-end questions, which seemed odd for a front-end role. However, I answered to the best of my knowledge. Also, culture-wise, there was seemingly a great match, especially towards self-learning and advancement. Oddly, despite all my efforts and excellent performance, I received an answer three days after saying, "maybe we could hire you in 6 or 12 months).