Former VP Kamala Harris says she went through a nine-hour interview to land the job—but she couldn’t escape ‘gold medal depression’ even when she won

Job-seekers complain about “ghost jobs,” five rounds of interviews, and tedious skills tests—but even major leaders are not exempt from the ordeal. Google CEO Sundar Pichai was put through nine interviews and a trick question before securing an SVP product manager role at the $4.5 trillion company. Likewise, former U.S. vice president Kamala Harris revealed the intense process she went through to land the coveted White House job. 

“When I was being vetted for vice president, I had a nine-hour interview with a lawyer going through everything,” Harris recalled on the Diary of a CEO podcast last year. “My taxes, my professional record, everything.”

Harris undoubtedly had the professional chops to take on the job. She served as the district attorney of San Francisco for two terms, as well as the attorney general of California for six years, and a U.S. senator of the Golden State for four. She made history in the Bay Area as the first woman elected to the role of San Francisco DA, and the first........

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