I completed a recruiter screen, and answered some technical questions that the recruiter had prepared and these were fed back into the team. It was clear from the recruiter interview that Neo4j isn't a corporate company with a set process - which is really refreshing! It seems like they have a fantastic corporate culture. Each team has a different process in terms of technical interviews. Some use home tests, others not. I would recommend to give better information to candidates about what to expect. For the particular team I was interviewing with I was only told that it was a two hour pairing interview - but no details about what to expect. I asked one of the recruiters for details and wasn't really provided any other than that it's a pairing interview. I think it would be hugely beneficial to give candidates a clear guide on what to expect. A few days refreshing the area I'm going to interview gives a much better representation of a candidate IMO. I had some previous database internals experience, so wasn't sure if I should focus on that, or focus on Java fundamentals, linux internals - or JUnit testing? Ultimately I ended up focusing on preparing for another company where I knew what to expect (algorithm/data structure interview, system design and architecture).