I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualtrics (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Approached online. Recruiter was very polite, communicative and professional. Two informational phone calls and then an in-person tech screen. I feel like two informational calls was too much. Tech screen experience was poor (see below).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked questions about my experience. The interviewer asked them like a detective would; like he didn't believe me. He had an aloof smugness that you sometimes see at the larger software companies.
The premise of the technical question was very contrived. With such low applicability to the real world, it didn't provide an opportunity for me to show off my skills. When I hit the point where I had to punch through a difficult sub problem, my interest tailed off. The interviewer's body language and tone of voice had had a whiff of contempt throughout, so I knew I wasn't going to get any support there. I sensed an impatience in him, suggestive that he was keeping a parlor trick in his head.
A word of advice: the purpose of interviews is to collect enough information to make a solid decision on a future relationship. If you play the cold fish; if you build walls between yourself and the candidate; if your difficult-yet-pointless questions are more about your own vanity than learning about a new person; if you keep important things in your head; you are going to lose some very good people and not even understand why.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualtrics (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
The initial interviewing process was great. I really thought I was off to a great start, and haven't heard any response from the recruiter after the initial phone screen, I can certainly tell that I did really well on the initial phone screen, as I was well prepared. Looks like they had a hiring freeze or some sort that happened. It was easily one of my best interviews that I have given, sucks that it resulted in no response, despite the interview sounding very positive and happy with my answers to the questions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Qualtrics (Provo, UT)
Interview
It was a multi-day process, of phone, skype, on site, then finally ending with an interview with a really disinterested guy. In the end I felt like they had wasted a lot of my time.