Veeva first contacted me via email to answer the following questions:

• Are you targeting the Bay Area specifically, or are you considering locations all over the US? Are there specific parts of the Bay Area that you prefer over others?
• Are you legally authorized to work in the US? Will you require sponsorship in the future?
• What are your expectations for a starting salary?
• Can you provide a copy of your transcript? It does not have to be an official copy.

I was then scheduled for a phone interview. This involved going onto Collabedit to code solutions to two Java problems while the interviewer watched and answered any questions. I didn't perform very well, and the next day I received a rejection email.

The coding problem involved two questions.

Given a Person class that includes mother, father, children, age, gender, etc., create a method to find the person's greatest sister.

Then, create a method that will find the greatest ancestors in the family tree.