During my recent 2-month-long job search, I participated in technical interviews at over a dozen companies, ranging from very small, early-stage startups to large tech companies just one level below FAANG.

My interview loop with Oura stood out from the rest for a few reasons:

1. Humanity! This is one of their core company values, and I truly felt it during each of my conversations with the team. The interviews were collaborative, supportive, and representative of actual work that someone hired for the open position might encounter. What a concept!

2. Each interviewer I spoke with saved 10-15 minutes at the end for me to ask them questions (at other companies, I'd usually have 1-5 rushed minutes). Clearly, making sure the candidate had an opportunity to assess the role & responsibilities, company culture, tech stack, etc., at Oura was equally important to them as finding the right candidate for the job.

3. I had some known technical issues with my machine that the engineering team took extra effort to accommodate beforehand (specifically, my Macbook was 10 years old and could not update to the Xcode version required for the pair programming session). I interviewed at other companies that were unwilling to make a similar accommodation.

It was a very enjoyable interview process, and no LeetCode was involved :)

• iOS technical interview (live pair coding session in a provided Xcode project)
• System design interview
• Behavioral/culture fit interview