I was first given an online coding exercise that I easily finished. They moved me to a telephonic screening where I was asked some object-oriented design questions along with moderately complex coding questions (like in-order traversal and similar tasks – nothing too hard). I successfully finished that as well. The interviewers were very kind and seemed professional.

They then flew me to their office in San Jose.

They must have already finalized their candidate for this position by the time they interviewed me. Their conspicuous indifference, evident in the way all four interviewers conducted the interviews, made me feel they were in a huge hurry to wrap up the day and go home. Each of them gave me a coding exercise and let me write on the glass board while they were simply messaging their co-workers and working on their laptops. It was sheer neglect throughout the interview; they simply did not seem interested.

While I am sure my answers were fully correct (the interviewers had to accept them!), they still found ample negative questions and tried to put my answers in a bad light. Every interviewer spent at least thirty minutes asking questions designed to trip me up. They were deliberately vague, making it as hard as possible for me to answer.

My advice to them is that it's fine if you have already decided to hire someone else, but please be professional and courteous to candidates who come from far away. It's not an employers' market like during a financial crisis. People will find good positions with or without ServiceNow.

As far as I'm concerned, I will turn down an offer even if they extend one. Their interview experience was a sure wake-up call for what lay ahead if I were to join the company.

Nothing in particular. They were just trying to pull my leg and put me in a bad light. They were not interested in interviewing me.

Thoroughly unprofessional and uncourteous.