The interview stages went as follows: 1. Recruiter phone screen 2. 60m talk with an engineering manager 3. 90m live pair coding interview, including code review 4. 60m high-level technical discussion with two engineers 5. 60m talk with an engineering manager The interview process was quite fair and enjoyable, and gave me a great impression of the engineering team. However, the offer stage was regrettably bad. Following the final stage, I received a voicemail late on a Friday afternoon, which suggested that we talk on Saturday (I view willingness to work over the weekend as a red flag). I finally spoke with that person on Monday, and received a verbal offer that would explode by end-of-day Wednesday. I asked for more time to decide, and they refused, adding that they could reach back out to me in a few weeks. The offer itself included a lowball salary of $135k. To me, it seems that the exploding offer was merely designed to pressure me into hastily accepting a lowball offer, and that the "reach back out in a few weeks" follow-up was designed to wait out whatever concurrent offers I may have received.

Call with recruiter, call with management, relevant technical interview, few more conversional interviews. Great mix of culture and tech. Great communication throughout. All done over zoom. Technical interview was with whatever I was comfortable with. Live "pair programming" assignment. No LC.