Very well organized and candidate-friendly.

Recruiter call: A knowledge- and behavior-heavy round, but it was a nice one because the recruiter asked me about real-world experiences and approaches to tackle engineering problems. They dug deep into my leadership experiences (instead of just asking for personal details and moving me to the next stage) and shared details about the role for both of us to see if we were a match. I received positive feedback after one day.

Phone screen: Not a typical LeetCode-type question, but the question was very practical, and I was asked many follow-ups. Even though you can brute-force, some algorithm and data structure knowledge will help. I received positive feedback after one day.

Onsite: 4 rounds in total:

• Product demo: Very insightful and interesting, as I am interested in IoT.
• Coding: Another non-typical question. The question itself was simple and straightforward, but what made it stand out were the follow-ups and your approaches to making it production-ready.
• System design: A very typical one, nothing fancy. It was to design a product feature like I usually do in my day-to-day job, such as how I design APIs, schemas, storage, and the ways for services to communicate with each other. There was definitely some deep dive into optimization, scaling, and the pros and cons of different approaches.
• Behavioral: This round is very important, especially for me as a candidate, to learn more about the company culture and the people I would potentially be working with. I was just myself and chatted with the engineering manager.

I received positive feedback and a verbal offer within a week. Their package and remote-working style really stand out, so I accepted!

Not disclosing because I signed an NDA.