I was contacted by Procore through Hired.com. I talked to the recruiter and she gave a lot of great information about the company and the roles and people they were looking for. After that, I spoke with a director of engineering who I would be working for. We had a talk about my experiences and why I was interested in Procore and how I had heard of them. He gave me more information about how the engineering teams are set up and what they work on. The director was really friendly and put me at ease. It gave me the impression that it's an open, friendly, and kind culture. After that, I moved on to the next step which was a remote pair programming exercise with a senior backend Rails engineer. He also immediately put me at ease so I didn't feel nervous and we worked through the problem together. I didn't really feel like I was being tested at all. Whenever I would get stuck, he never made me feel stupid but gave great suggestions. I ultimately didn't end up solving the problem but it was still really fun and he definitely made me feel reassured that I did a good job talking through the problem. After that, I moved onto the final step, the on-site. Procore really took care of me- prepared me with lots of information beforehand like who I was going to meet, what my interview day was going to look like, paid for my flight, hotel, all travel expenses. When I got there, I was given a tour of the campus which is stunning- ocean views, tons of happy, friendly dogs and people. The main interview process was split up into 4 interviews. The first was a panel interview where several members of different roles (frontend, QA, director, engineering manager, and senior backend engineers) were in a conference room and asked me questions about my experience based on my resume. Normally I would be extremely nervous but everyone was so friendly and kind that it felt like we were friends having a conversation. The next round was an architecture-based interview with a pair of engineers, and the round after that was an API-based interview with a pair of engineers. Neither interview involved any actual coding- it was purely discussion with the optional use of a whiteboard. The exercise was actually really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. The final round of the day was with the director where he discussed the core values of Procore and answered any final questions I had. Overall, I walked away feeling comfortable and absolutely loving the culture and people I met. What was especially unique to me was seeing so many women in high leadership positions in engineering which I hadn't seen very much in Silicon Valley and how much Procore invests in, values, and develops each of their employees. I got an offer bright and early the morning after and accepted it! It was the best company I had interviewed for. They honestly blew the competition out of the water, no pun intended.