First, a Talent Acquisition directed me to take a test at Hackerrank.com, which I passed with flying colors. Then, there was a phone screening interview.

All the interviewers were from India, with a thick Indian accent which I had a hard time understanding. After that, they invited me to an on-site interview. There were 4 parts, each one being 45 minutes of relentless technical interviews.

No behavioral questions, which is very strange for a big company like Verizon.

All the questions were about C++ and STL.

• From the start, I felt that the interviewers were trying hard to fail me.
• I have never seen an interview that is 100% technical and 0% behavioral.
• Four hours of relentless technical questions until I could not answer anymore.
• No meeting with managers or supervisors, which was very odd.
• All interviewers were from an Indian background.