Applied via employee referral. A recruiter contacted me and explained the role, the team, and also the interview process. Next came a telephone interview with the hiring manager, who explained what his team was doing and what was expected. There were a few technical questions, but nothing detailed. I got a call from the recruiter in a couple of days to set up an onsite interview date. Due to a family emergency, I was unable to attend the onsite on the scheduled date, but the recruiter was kind enough to accommodate me for the next week.

Onsite, I had 5 interviews of 45 minutes each: 1 with the hiring manager, 2 with other software dev managers, and 2 with engineers. I was mostly asked questions based on my resume. There were only a couple of simple coding questions; the rest of the interview was mostly scenario-based. All the interviewers were very professional and answered my questions satisfactorily.

The recruiter got back with a...

Wide-ranging questions on system design, scalability, coding standards, and teamwork examples.