I had a preliminary phone screen, then a Skype interview. The person who interviewed me over Skype ended up being my manager over the summer for my internship. This was the person who was in charge of hiring me and wanted me on his team. He asked a few open-ended and slightly technical questions about my background, things I've learned at school, and past internships. He seemed to be assessing my knowledge and experience based on the way I answered the questions, instead of giving me a coding question to solve. I liked this interview a lot more than others because I felt like I had more of a chance to display my knowledge and skills than I would have if given a coding question. Not that I don't do well coding, but sometimes if you can't solve the coding question, you have no chance of getting the job, which stinks if you have an off-day. This interview assessed my overall ability, which was a lot better.

Can you explain to me what deadlock is?

In your past internship, did you use the waterfall or agile software development methodology?

Do you have experience with unit testing?