Interviewed early 2025. Interview steps were: - 5-10 min online C/C++ coding quiz - Video call w/ hiring manager - Live coding exercise, ~1hr to code and ~1hr to discuss afterwards - Onsite, presenting a project I previously worked on to the team and 4 1-on-1 technical interviews - Short phone chat with CEO Overall, the interview process itself was fairly easy. However, I'd give this a negative experience overall. After all of this I only learned in the offer stage that I had been downleveled from senior to mid-level, and the offered compensation was nearly the bottom of the mid-level range. They were not open to negotiation towards the higher end of the range for this role. Admittedly, I did not perform my best at the onsite, but after discussing with the recruiter, the downlevel was apparently a decision made at the very beginning of the process. It was in no way communicated to me, and I was strung along this process under the assumption I was interviewing for the role I had applied for. At some point between my interview and now, the company has slightly increased the requirements for the senior position so that a resume like mine no longer meets the listed requirements.

One call with the Hiring Manager, Then a technical interview was scheduled a few days later. Both the HM and the engineer I interviewed with were good communicators. The technical excersize was definitely different from what I was expecting at the time, as I was only used to data structure questions, but they gave me a document several pages long and asked me to code a simulation. Didn't get the job, but the coding excersize was interesting.