I went through a number of different levels.

Due to the locations of the various people, interviews were initially over the phone, then via video chat.

I spoke with:

• The first recruiter
• A second recruiter who gave more information about the company, the hiring department, and the team

Next were an engineer on the team and the hiring manager.

As a senior position, there were many conversations regarding the types of environments I worked with at prior jobs. Some of these discussions delved into my personal opinions and philosophy about how certain tools and processes should be used. This could be seen as gauging a cultural fit, determining whether I would help move things in the direction they were looking at on their roadmap.

The video interviews with different engineers focused more on technical questions. While not a "grilling," these certainly aimed to show a genuine understanding of key concepts in network, OS, security, cloud platform, deployment, etc.

Explain Linux inode and filesystem concepts.

Describe AWS storage and data offerings (S3, EBS, RDS, etc.).