I applied for an internship through a friend's recommendation. It took quite a while to hear back after I submitted my application, but that could be because of the recommendation rather than their usual process.

Both interviews were conducted over a video call. The first, with HR, was a great experience. It was a friendly chat that didn’t feel much like an interview, with some get-to-know-you questions and a few questions on Java, concurrency, and OOP.

The second, with engineers, was far more like a formal interview. It was conducted through Hackerrank, and the problems had to be completed in Java.

I was not offered an internship and was told that I didn’t have enough experience and that I should work on open-source projects (which is a bit rich for an internship).

Overall, the experience was fine. I think a video conference for a screen with HR is acceptable, but a live coding interview via video conference is not a great way to test an applicant. It’s difficult to communicate, harder to build rapport, and technical issues do arise, introducing unnecessary difficulties into the interview. However, the questions were good, and the interviewers were friendly and helpful.

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