I applied online and about three weeks later, I received an email requesting a phone interview. The initial phone interview was primarily the manager discussing the position and asking questions about my background, along with some technical inquiries. This interview lasted about 30 minutes.

I was immediately invited to two technical phone interviews with team members, which I completed the following day.

• The first technical phone interview lasted approximately 25 minutes and focused mainly on general (though fairly difficult) C++ questions.
• The second technical phone interview was about an hour long and centered almost entirely on architecture questions, several of which were quite in-depth.

About two hours later, I was invited for an on-site interview.

Two weeks later, I traveled to Santa Clara for the on-site interview. They flew me down on a Sunday; the interview was on Monday, and I departed on Tuesday. The interview lasted about five hours.

My interview schedule was as follows:

• The first 1:1 interview was an hour long with a team member, focusing on various C++ and OOP topics.
• The second 1:1 interview was also an hour and involved me writing code (C and assembly) on paper to solve several problems.
• Next, I had a 30-minute interview with the manager, who asked a few technical questions but mostly discussed benefits.
• Following that was a 1.5-hour lunch with the team.
• After lunch, I had a one-hour discussion with a team member, which was a casual conversation about the position, team, and area, without any difficult or technical questions.
• Finally, I had another 30-minute interview with the manager, where he described what they were looking for, and I presented my qualifications.

I was told they would provide a decision within one week. A week later, I received a phone call from HR offering me the position.

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