The process began with a phone screen by HR, followed by a phone interview with a couple of programmers. I was then asked to complete a coding project before the onsite interview, which was fairly simple. I was invited to the San Diego site twice for an onsite interview.

During the second interview, I was in a room with four programmers and spent two hours whiteboarding coding equations. Two hours! I suspect they met beforehand to devise the hardest, most irrelevant questions they could conceive. I'm sure they couldn't have solved them themselves.

After the two onsite interviews, I wasn't contacted for two weeks. I attempted a follow-up but received the runaround. Finally, after four weeks, they informed me the position was filled. This was an absolute lie. They were hiring for multiple positions and were still posting the same job a month after my interview.

Advice to Intuit:

• Don't lie to candidates.
• If you're going to give whiteboard tests, make them relevant to the position.

Irreverent questions pertaining to the position