Overall, an OK process, albeit pretty time-consuming. It probably took about a month and a half in total to go through all the stages, and I initially applied five months ago.

There were no trick questions, brain teasers, or white-board-style questions. The questions were fairly representative of everyday work.

Here's a breakdown of the interview stages:

• Chat with Recruiter
• Talk to Team Manager about past experiences
• Mock PR review of a "Junior Engineer's" work
• Half-day virtual "on-site" with four rounds

The team manager and team members were pleasant to speak with. The recruiter, on the other hand, was another story.

They use a third-party recruiting company, and it was fairly difficult to get ahold of the recruiter I was assigned to. They went on leave a few times, and I was not aware of it on some occasions. After I got my on-site confirmed, the recruiter was supposed to give me more information about the format and what I should do to prepare. My main recruiter did not reach out. I reached out on multiple occasions and got no response back, so I went in blind. Turns out the person covering for my recruiter was supposed to tell me to have a development environment set up in advance. I didn't know this, so during my on-site, I scrambled and probably appeared very unprepared.

Despite all the time spent, I did not hear back about my rejection until I emailed them to ask.

Talk about past projects.

Talk about tech used in projects.

System design.

Pair-programming.

Behavioral/teamwork questions.