Awesome experience with a remotely conducted interview.

The overall process took around two weeks and was amazingly smooth, prepared, and conducted.

First, I had a short call (approximately 30 minutes) with a technical sourcer. They explained the position the company was hiring for and what they expected from a Staff Software Engineer.

As a pre-course, I received an easy-to-medium HackerRank test. It included a small coding task (similar to LeetCode Easy), a SQL query task, and a couple of open-ended questions regarding system design.

The main part consisted of three technical sessions spread across three consecutive days. There were two back-to-back sessions each day (approximately 45 to 60 minutes each).

These sessions included:

• A discussion of previous experience (covering previous projects, tech stacks, general CS topics, and ideas).
• A system design session (an open-ended question on how to design a service to monitor messaging routing related to the company's business).
• A coding challenge (an easy LeetCode task with two follow-ups).
• An agile/inner-team collaboration session (assessing familiarity with the Scrum process, its artifacts, and how I used them).
• A Twilio Magic session focused on how well I would fit into the team.

I didn't get the offer, but the most exciting part came afterward. We had another session with HR, where I received honest and transparent feedback regarding the whole process and the gaps I should fill in, should there be potential future collaboration.

Overall, it was an amazing experience, extremely well-organized and implemented by the hiring team, and of course, with a "post-mortem" feedback session as the cherry on top.

Q: LeetCode easy array-based coding challenge.

Q: A company business specifics service design.

Q: How does your team currently implement the Scrum framework, and what benefits do you gain by using it?

Q: How did you overcome conflicts at work?