I stopped at their booth at my university's career fair and attended their info session. I was signed up for an on-campus interview. The interviewer jumped straight into UML modeling. I struggled a bit with the process, as it is much broader than typical programming questions, but my interviewer (now future manager) guided me. I made sure to communicate my thought process. He ended the interview by asking me if I had any questions.

I was invited to the final round interview in Pleasanton a day later. The experience on-site was great! It was well-organized and made me fall in love with the company and location. I had five back-to-back interviews for a total of three hours. Four were behavioral and got a bit repetitive but seemed to have their own purpose:

• One was about their GW program (a development program for college grads).
• One seemed focused on discussing my resume and experience.
• One seemed to gauge my culture fit.
• I can't quite remember the last one.

A lot of questions did overlap. The tech test was UML modeling on a whiteboard and designed to test your thought process and OOP intuition, as the interviewers expanded more and more on the problem until it actually became quite difficult. Talk through your thought process; they aren't expecting a perfect answer. I think this test is a smart way of gauging how you deal with pressure and practical business problems versus asking you to regurgitate lines of code on how to flip a string or traverse a linked list.

I received a pretty generous offer a few days later. I mulled it over for the three weeks I was allotted and turned down some pretty big companies to accept it.

It was a great interview experience overall. I felt engaged and felt the interview was a two-way process. The recruiters were always responsive and friendly.

Be prepared for:

• A ton of behavioral questions
• Some resume/experience questions
• Some culture fit questions

Additionally, expect to be tested on UML modeling and the implementation/explanation of fundamental OOP concepts.