I was looking for opportunities in New York and found a position posted by a recruiter. The recruiter directed me to apply.

There were a couple of early-morning phone calls, including coding exercises, before they flew me to New York for the main interview.

They flew me out on Sunday for an interview on Monday (all day) and Tuesday morning. The Tuesday morning session was conditional on my performance in the previous interviews and involved meeting with senior staff and an HR representative.

They put me up in an impressively expensive hotel.

The interview process was very long and involved, featuring a fair number of coding and design exercises. They tested the limits of my knowledge thoroughly.

There were questions I didn't know how to answer, which they seemed to accept. Others I was able to figure out with further inquiry, which they seemed to react positively to.

There was also a team lunch.

All told, they seemed to like me, but they ultimately went with a more qualified candidate at the last minute.

I experienced some serious communication issues with the company during the process, which may have hindered me. These were largely due to the recruiter acting as an intermediary.

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