I just finished the first stage interview process. A bit surprising to me, but it was all done with texting. I don't know if this is common these days, but it seems so much nuance is missed without seeing and hearing a person even over video chat. It also seemed inefficient - what in person would have taken 20 or 30 minutes we did texting over 2 hours. Of course I could multi task in between, but I can't imagine everyone interviewing has that kind of time flexibility. I also didn't feel like I could ask questions, and I don't know if I'm going to get to talk with a real person to ask those questions. I sometimes wondered if it was all canned - no real responses to my answers - just one word like "Interesting", "Brilliant"... That was weird. The up-side is that it allowed me time without pressure to think through my answers, and the questions themselves were well-thought out and gave me opportunity to show myself as a great candidate.