I was contacted by K.W., a recruiter who found my resume on LinkedIn.

1. First Introduction Interview with K.W.: 30 minutes, general questions.

2. Second Interview with J.T.: Another recruiter, 30 minutes. General questions were asked. J.T. spoke about company benefits and asked some random technical questions.

3. Third Interview with I.F.: A Technical Recruiter and Customer Operations Engineer. All questions were about Linux/Unix, Java, and SQL. I.F. was very impressed with my answers. I was told I had two more interviews. This interview lasted 55 minutes.

4. Fourth Interview with Mei.P.C.: A Customer Operations Engineer. Mei was nice and very professional. All questions were technical and customer service-related. She admitted I am the perfect fit for her team.

5. Fifth Interview with D.M.: A Principal Customer Operations Engineer. This was also a technical interview, covering Unix commands, SQL databases, Java troubleshooting, networking, and some scenarios. The interview lasted 65 minutes.

6. Sixth and Last Interview with the Hiring Manager: He was a nice and very cool guy. He stated he was very impressed with my skills and resume. He even mentioned he might try to switch the position from Federal Customer Operations Engineer to Senior Federal Customer Operations Engineer, but he needed to reach out to HR for this matter.

The whole process started in September 2021 and concluded on November 5th, when I received the following feedback:

"Unfortunately, the team decided to move forward with another candidate. It was a difficult decision as you and the other candidate were strong. However, we could only select one. We can certainly consider you in the future."

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