Applied via LinkedIn Initial call with hiring manager, about 30 minutes. General questions to get to know more about you and your technical background Second interview is a 90 minute whiteboarding exercise. They will ask you to present and talk through a component you designed and the associated architecture.

This is followed by a few quick fire technical questions and then a 10-20 minute coding challenge on the whiteboard. They don't care too much about syntax, moreso about your approach to the problem and communication with the interviewers. Final stage is 30 minute culture interview, you'll be asked questions more closely related to your soft skills, teamwork, communication, mentorship etc I was able to roll both final interviews into a single day, for one interview that lasted just over 2 hours.

They provide water in the interview room. The interview process is long and intensive, but it is thorough, and isn't nearly as much of a chore as it seems from the outset. I was not given an offer for the senior role but they said that they had some positions of the next grade available to help me get the experience I'm looking for, which they're currently having a look at.

The high level system design overview