I had an overall awesome experience interviewing with the Parsec team.

Here are the interviews that I had in the following order:

• Initial conversation with recruiter.
• Hiring manager interview with VP of Engineering.
• In-depth interviews with 4 team members.
• Final conversation with CTO/Co-Founder.
• Good news from recruiter leading to offer negotiation.

First things first, my recruiter was a star throughout the whole journey. She clearly communicated every step of the process to me and successfully sold the company during the initial phone call. The best part is that in the final stage of the process, she worked very hard to get me the compensation that I had asked for, and she was successful. She's awesome!

The technical interviews were some of the best that I've ever experienced. No LeetCode nonsense. Instead, the interviewers honed in on my professional experience and grilled me on my own code that I have publicly published on my GitHub account. (Note: do NOT underestimate the value of a GitHub profile that is regularly maintained!). My favorite highlight is that a significant chunk of my evaluation was on my hobby projects. These are projects that I pour my soul into when I get free time, and the interviewers resonated with that and focused on them as part of their evaluation. I greatly appreciated that my personal projects were taken very seriously, as I take them seriously too!

Lastly, the conversation with the co-founder was very insightful. It was actually a reverse interview where I was given the floor to ask my own questions in order to be well-informed about the day-to-day expectations as well as the company culture. I got to learn more than I had asked for and even got a brief history on the story of Parsec. This interview was truly a treat.

My only critical feedback pertains to how long the entire process lasted, which was just over 7 weeks from the date that I submitted my application until the date that I received the offer letter. I do acknowledge that 1 week was spent in the offer negotiation phase; however, I still think that the rest of the journey could be made shorter. In the end, however, the wait was worth it for me!

1. What are shaders? (Modern rendering pipeline)

2. Do you see a bug in this piece of code?

3. How would you improve this piece of code?

4. Standard behavioral questions fit for asking a senior engineer.