I initially met a recruiter at a campus career fair and received a follow-up email a few days later to set up a phone call for introductions. They then scheduled a technical phone interview, and I was sent several resources outlining the process. The interview was 45 minutes with pretty standard questions.

I was then notified I would move on to an onsite interview at their New York office. There were three different interviews, each 30 minutes long.

• The first was an algorithm-based question where I explained my solution and then had to code on the interviewer's laptop to ensure my solution worked.
• The second was a software decomposition interview where I was given a broad task and had to break it down into sub-problems, explaining how I would approach it.
• The last was a typical data structures and algorithms question with coding on a whiteboard.

I heard back that same day that the interviews had gone well, but there was going to be a final phone call with a recruiter to see if I was a "good fit." This seemed strange because, normally, a recruiter phone call happens first, especially before they invest in bringing me in for an onsite interview. The phone call was only about 15 minutes, and I was told later that day that I didn't get the job. It seemed like a very drawn-out process for such an anticlimactic ending.

You are designing an app to store recipes. What features would you want this app to have to help you decide what to cook for dinner?

How would you monetize it?

What issues may arise if you wanted to release this app to a large user base?