A recruiter referred me, actually without telling me (duh), but I was happy to get the invite.
I was interviewed in the Dublin (European HQ) in mid-October 2016.
There was an initial phone screen/interview, but I think that was just to check that you could actually speak reasonable English and weren't bluffing about IT knowledge.
The actual interview day was broken into three parts.
Standard IT questions:
This was followed by personality questions:
The last interviewer appeared to be in a hurry; the interview was short compared to others. There was no feedback from the interviews, so it's hard to know how they judged me. It took about another week to hear back.
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