Applied in June 2013 on the company website. Contacted by a recruiter in October.

Had an initial phone interview with the recruiter about my availability and was asked the difference between an inner and outer join.

Next was a phone interview with a software architect. He asked me about my projects and I was asked to write two fairly simple SQL queries.

I was asked to describe the whole process that happens when you type www.google.com.

Next were two Skype interviews: one with a senior engineer and the other with an associate director.

I was asked to write a program to convert a number to words, like we do on checks. I was also asked how I would optimize it and about performance tuning.

Projects were discussed again.

I was asked:

• What is your thought process for designing a website?
• What security issues would you take care of (SQL injection, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery)?

I was asked 3 puzzles, because I already knew the first 2. The Bridge and Torch puzzle was one of them.

Nothing unusual...