Within two weeks, there were two phone interviews and one on-site interview.

The phone interviews were pretty straightforward. First, the recruiter identified me as a match. Within a week, I talked with a technical hiring manager, and shortly after, on the same day, they invited me to come on-site.

There was a technical presentation and three face-to-face interviews, each with one or two people, including technical managers or engineers. They want to know how you think and solve problems, and how well you align with the company's culture.

It was pretty evident how they would let me know that people there work really long hours, which, added to the commuting time, resulted in my declining the offer. When I asked a manager what one of his biggest challenges had been recently, he did not hesitate to inform me, "recruiting the right people."

One of the hiring managers asked me to build a structure out of limited resources on site in a two-minute period.