The interview process began with a 10-minute online quiz, followed by a phone interview.

The online quiz, "Java 101," tested basic Java concepts, including classes and polymorphism.

The phone interview was more technical and pleasant. I felt the interviewer was gauging my experience and interest.

This was followed by an in-person, onsite interview.

The first round was primarily a conversation, followed by a whiteboard session. There was also a round with the Product Manager and, at last, the VP of Software Engineering.

All interviews were basic in nature, focusing on my interests and past projects. The whiteboard session was simple, covering basic recursion.

However, due to my fear of whiteboard interviews, I struggled to write anything intelligible on it. The interviewer did not help make the experience more comfortable.

Overall, it was a positive experience, but I need to focus more on real-time problems, design problems, or data structures instead of trivial Java questions.

How does volatile work in conjunction with thread safety?