I was contacted by email by a first-level recruiter. After some back-and-forth (with hesitation on my part), I agreed to proceed with the process.

After passing a basic technical screen, I was scheduled for the initial phone interview to cover coding skills. Following that, I was scheduled for a second phone interview to cover systems administration skills. After passing both remote interviews, I was moved to a second recruiter, with whom I worked for the remainder of the interview process.

First, a travel specialist contacted me regarding preferred flight locations and times. They then booked my flights and hotels and scheduled my on-site interviews. They covered all travel expenses, including flights, Uber/Lyft rides, hotels, and meals.

I interviewed at the Menlo Park primary campus, building 16. The on-site process consisted of five one-on-one interviews, each covering a specific topic and lasting about 45-60 minutes. The interview topics were:

• Systems
• Coding
• Networking
• Design/Architecture
• Behavior

The on-site recruiter checked in between each interview and also took me to one of the on-site restaurants for lunch.

The initial tech screen asked very basic questions, such as what the "uname" command does, or what type of packet terminates a TCP connection.