I was initially contacted by a recruiter.

I set up an informal chat with the recruiter, and then a phone screen was scheduled. The phone screen was done on CoderPad, and the interviewer was cheerful and helpful.

After a few weeks, an onsite interview was scheduled.

The office was pretty average for a startup, but the location was pretty awesome given that it was right next to a Caltrain station.

My onsite consisted of three different interviews, which was pretty nice considering most onsite interviews that I had had were five to six different interviews.

The first interview was a broad whiteboarding interview with two more senior engineers. I was asked a question that wasn't related to my experience, and I wasn't sure if it was a brainteaser or not. Nevertheless, I worked through it and I also worked through the following questions that came up. I wasn't sure how to feel about this interview, but I thought I did generally well given my situation.

The second interview was a coding interview with two more junior engineers. There were several questions, starting with easy, medium, and finally progressing to a more difficult coding/design question. I worked through these questions mostly with ease and was pretty satisfied with my performance. I was able to evaluate the running and space complexity of my solutions.

The last interview was a panel interview with three junior or mid-level engineers. This was the "culture" interview, where they asked behavioral development questions, e.g., "Tell me about a time you did X," "If you were in this scenario, what would you do?" I felt that I answered these questions well and was on the same wavelength as the panel interviewers.

I was able to ask all the interviewers a few questions afterward, which was really nice.

Two days after the interview, I was rejected with no feedback, as usual. I felt like the initial whiteboarding interview might have held me back, since I did really well on the coding interview. Oh well.

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