3 phone interviews/Google Hangouts. Talked to both of the senior engineers as well as the CEO of GuildQuality. Eventually flown in and was given an in-person interview and specs/requirements for a mini-project (~3 hours, in office but without supervision) to showcase development capabilities and ability to work under pressure. Presented mini-project at the end of the 3 hours and did a code review with the Engineering team.

The interview process was what you would expect from a technology company. Pretty laid back and informal. Everyone I met there were people I'd hangout with outside of work. While most companies that look for engineers look more for people with a solid understanding of software design theory, software architecture, object oriented programming and design patterns guild was more focused on building out a specific application consisting of specific languages and markup. They wanted this done in a specific amount of time which was 3hrs after they handed it to you. I don't think that's the best approach to find quality talent and was actually really surprised that was their approach. Another reason this is probably a bad approach is because you either hand in something that works but would never want to put your name on or you spend your time writing quality code that wouldn't get finished in the amount of time given. If their approach is really looking for people that don't care about quality just getting it to work and dealing with the consequences later then I guess that's one way to filter. I got to meet the CEO Geoff and have continued a relationship with him in the Atlanta tech community. He's exactly what I expected him to be like. Down to earth, laid back and all about making GuildQuality a household name and major player in the Atlanta tech community. All in all I don't believe GuildQuality would've been a good fit for me at the stage the company was at when I interviewed. It definitely has a chance to become one and it's theirs to lose right now. I think a relatively just out of college with a year or two experience and still willing to develop a timed 3hr application would be a, exactly what they're looking for, candidate.