The campus is scattered around downtown Palo Alto, and parking leaves much to be desired.

The initial interview came from the recruiter, which was not very challenging. The next interview was with a senior Facebook recruiter, who wanted to hear about how great Facebook products are and how much I actually used them. This, to me, was not particularly insightful.

After that interview, I was scheduled to meet with a senior person for another phone interview a week later. That went well, so I was scheduled to come in for a 1:1 interview. This was a 4 to 5-hour time slot, so it took up pretty much my whole day.

• The first interview was mostly business analyst and personality dynamic questions, e.g., how I would handle a conflict situation with senior technical staff.
• The next interview was with the hiring manager, which I thought I handled pretty well.
• The next interview was with a senior person, which on a scale of 1-10, I would say was a 7.
• The final interview was with the design architect.

To be honest, I have been to several interviews, and this one was no different. I thought I did quite well.

I received a response a week later, saying they had decided to pass. At this point, and hoping not to sound like sour grapes, this is a very young company, and they obviously do not have a streamlined and efficient process for selecting people. I cannot quite put my finger on it, the whole process, but there was definitely something skewed.

I find it hard to believe that my experience (8 years in top 2 major software/ERP firms) was not enough for them.

How would you handle a difference of opinion between yours and a senior technical member?