After applying for a developer position a recruiter reached out to me and we had a general discussion about my experience/skills. I then had two technical phone screens. During these technical phone screens i answered various questions surrounding my specific experiences as relevant to the position. We also covered several coding approach questions that were meant to make me demonstrate my thought and design process. After that I was brought on site for an all day interview to meet with several team members/managers as well as complete a coding exercise in Oblong's platform. The meetings were fairly generic with a mix of questions including problem solving. The coding exercise was based on Oblong's g-speak platform and required a strong understanding of C++, the ability to search through their API documentation (which was actually very helpful), and ability to ask an Oblong team member questions about the exercise and platform. At the end I discussed my solution and approach with the Oblong team member.

The first part of the interview process was a phone call, where I got to talk to one of the software engineer leads. It involved discussions about my past experiences, life at Oblong, and a simple coding exercise. Then, I was invited to do an onsite interview at their headquarters in Los Angeles. The onsite interview was really unique and felt well designed compared to the other interview experiences that I have had. While it contained the traditional algorithmic, whiteboard coding exercises that are used by most companies for a software engineering position, it also consisted of a coding challenge on an actual computer. It was a fairly open ended challenge that allowed me to make design choices, that I later had to rationalize during a brief code review. The onsite interview was pretty exhausting though. It went from 10am - 5pm and included a nice lunch, but I think that's fair since that gave both parties a better idea on whether or not I would be a good fit. Overall, it was a great experience and I would, and have, recommended friends to apply.