A friend of mine in the company sent my resume directly to the hiring manager.

From there, the first interview was over the phone with a senior architect. This interview was not too technical but more to find out about my background. However, the architect did ask me several technical questions.

The second interview was on-site and was a half-day of interviews.

First, I interviewed with the hiring manager and two developers from the team I was applying to. This interview focused on my previous work and how I would respond to certain challenges. It was not too technical.

From there, I met with two other senior architects individually.

• One of them asked me technical questions.
• The other was more informational about what the team was doing and how I thought I could help them.

At the end of the day, I met with the hiring manager for last-minute questions.

Overall, the process was not too difficult, as there were no really hard technical questions (Google-style).

I guess the most difficult question was how my past experience had prepared me for this job.