Initial phone call with Ben, who is awesome. He's probably the best recruiter I dealt with during this job search. Honestly, everyone I met there on the mobile team and the VP of Engineering were awesome—really cool and smart people.

After the initial call, I had a take-home assignment. You could definitely hack it out in 2 hours if you wanted, but it leaves room for you to show off your process, a little architecture, etc. After that, I had an on-site with 2 members of the mobile team. This session was architecture.

After that, a session with the VP of Engineering, who gives you a whiteboard problem. Nothing too wild. I recognized it as a common problem but couldn't remember the best way to solve it. It was pretty fun to work through it with him. It felt like I was back in a CS class solving a puzzle instead of a job interview.

The mobile lead was out that day, so I had a second on-site just with him. Pair programming. Admittedly, I should have been faster, but I've never used VIPER, so all the jargon just ended up making me over-think the simple task that needed to be accomplished. I got the tests green, but I'm guessing this was probably my weakest session.

I got the rejection email from Ben 2 days later, saying I wasn't a good fit. Kind of sucks. I had another offer on the table that I wasn't going to accept. I told the third-party recruiter they found me through about it. I got the feeling they thought I was giving them a 2-day hard deadline, so obviously, they passed to review other candidates.

Cool company though. I definitely would recommend working here, especially if you don't mind VIPER.

Nothing out of the ordinary versus any other tech interview. You're not going to be getting some obscure graph questions or anything.