Initial screening by contract recruiter via phone, featuring a lengthy explanation of the position, compensation options, and technical questions.

A secondary phone conversation with the hiring manager was pleasant.

Follow-up screening and on-site arrangements by local staff recruiter were a bit fuzzy.

On-site interviews involved rotating individuals in 30-45 minute chunks. Interviewers varied between congenial and prepared, and the opposite. Interviews were largely trivia-based with little opportunity to demonstrate technical capability via whiteboard/code analysis.

There was zero minority representation among the interviewers.

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