Recruiter reached out to me. One thing I noticed was that almost everyone involved seemed very disinterested; I don't know whether that's because it's an employer's market now, people are unhappy at Kargo, it was in my head, or something completely different. After a perfunctory intro call with their technical recruiter, I was moved on to an initial interview with one of their engineering managers, who was nice and fairly low-key. Following that, standard assessment round with a number of their tech staff. The internet in their office was notably bad and we lost a lot of the time allocated for these interviews due to connectivity issues, but I was moved on to a final presentation/systems architecture stage. Initially I was told I'd have ~5 days to prepare, but the same day the recruiter replied to their own email and said it'd need to be 8AM the following morning. One thing I noticed, aside the lack of communication and engagement (type of thing I associate with massive legacy companies, not newer tech firms who really rely on the Internet for their core business model), was that despite being fairly insistent on in-office work, a lot of leadership seemed to be remote and flies into NYC infrequently.

The interview process was quick and the communication was clear. I did not get an offer but I felt like the process was good. I was given detailed feedback as to why I did not get selected.