Automattic

I was brought into the interview by an external recruiter. While I don't usually like to use recruiters, they straight up said it was for Automattic, and that sounded like an interesting gig, so I used them rather than go behind their back. I answere

It was a text chat interview with a technical team member. We chatted for more than an hour about motivations, technical stuff, and ways of solving problems. He also asked me about a complex situation I had in the past.

There was an initial interview on Slack, which was a discussion about my experience and technical depth. This was followed by a technical challenge. I was shared a private repo and asked to make some small adjustments.