HR Phone Screen - 30 minutes or so.

Technical phone screen. The interviewer seemed caught off guard that I didn't have Java on my resume, which she was likely viewing for the first time as the interview was starting. She also seemed put off by my preference for JavaScript, which I would think is more than reasonable for a web developer.

We went through a programming exercise, which I thought went okay. She offered feedback, and I offered to implement it, but she said it was fine and I didn't have to. She asked some web trivia-like questions, which I answered. Her responses were mostly, "Yeah, I guess that's right, but I was thinking of this other thing." So, all in all, it was hard to tell where I stood. Time ran out, and we said goodbye.

A month passed with no word from Toast. I continued interviewing with other companies, figuring that some places decline by simply ghosting candidates.

After that month, I received an email from a different recruiter at Toast. They stated, "We found someone more qualified so decided not to move forward with that other job, but would you be willing to interview again with a different team?" I declined, as I had already accepted a new job elsewhere.

Basic programming problems.

Maby it wasn't as easy as I thought because they didn't want to move forward!