A recruiter reached out, and from there the process looked like this:

1. Initial recruiter call
2. Technical screening

The recruiter had an emergency and was unable to get back to me. After a couple of weeks, I sent them a message, and we were able to schedule the technical screening. The technical screening exercise was not a LeetCode question and focused more on practical coding. It involved several parts building on top of each other.

1. Onsite

Originally, there was to be a system design interview before the onsite, but they were able to combine that with the onsite.

This consisted of 5 interviews:

• System design
• Hiring manager
• Project deep dive to go into details about a project you've worked on
• Debugging interview, working through debugging an app with bugs in it
• Meeting with the director of engineering

There were technical issues with this step, but the interviewers were able to work with me to find a workaround.

There was also a short meeting with the recruiter to wrap up the interview, convey expectations, and collect feedback. This was really nice because usually, my onsite interviews just end abruptly, and I might not know what to expect in terms of next steps and timeline.

I didn't make it to an offer for the team, but they offered to pass my application around to other teams. I agreed, and after finding a team, I went through 2 more interviews, including another hiring manager meeting and another system design interview (as I didn't perform as well on this part of the first round of onsites).

Everyone I talked to was friendly and helpful during the interviews. I loved the focus on practical coding questions versus LeetCode.

Talk about a project that you've worked on that you want to dive into the details on.