I was contacted by a sourcer regarding some interesting roles at a time when I was already actively interviewing and looking for a career move. The sourcer was very nice and positive, and helped me set up a phone interview for the following week.

The phone interviewer was friendly. I was asked two questions: "sum" and "implement pow". I had to compile and execute both, and write tests as well. Unfortunately, the interviewer did not leave any time for me to ask questions.

After clearing the phone screen, I was connected with a grossly incompetent recruiter, and that's when the process started going downhill. As I mentioned, I was actively seeking a new opportunity and receiving emails from multiple recruiters daily, connecting with a couple weekly. This person was very inefficient, taking 2-3 days to reply to emails even though I had cleared the phone screen and was a great fit for three open positions.

During this time, this person helped me set up an onsite. I had already received two great offers, so I wanted this process to move fast. I communicated this before and during the interview; however, the recruiter took five days after the interview to get back with positive feedback. Of course, since I had other offers, I was looking for numbers. The process dragged on because of the lack of communication from the recruiter, and I ended up accepting one of the other offers. The recruiter got back to me ten days after the interview stating they wanted to interview all candidates before giving me an official offer – a colossal waste of time.

The onsite was standard. This was the only place where I did not receive an email with the interviewers' names, time slots, etc., before the interview. I had five rounds, 45 minutes each. The coding problems were very interesting and challenging, and solvable within the time available. The hiring manager round was okay. There was free food, but it wasn't as good as at other San Francisco companies I interviewed at.

4 Sum Implement pow Phone screen

NDA onsite: Solvable coding challenges Would say LeetCode hard, but questions are not on LeetCode. Workable with some thought. Domain knowledge questions.