# Final Round With the F5 President. Offer in 24 Hours.

**[WIN]** — by Candidate · F5 · via X

A candidate's final round of interviews was with the president of F5. He decided to be chill and honest — the approach that usually feels like a risk in a process stacked with rehearsed answers. Twenty-four hours later, the offer arrived.

The process around that final round is unstated, but the ending is not: one conversation with the person at the top, and a decision inside a day. It is a small counterexample to every marathon hiring story on this site, and a reminder that speed and sincerity are not incompatible with senior-level hiring.

*Source: [@Sjr05d · X · engagement not captured in sweep](https://x.com/Sjr05d/status/2090872829000470992)*
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