I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Liftoff in Aug 2023
Interview
Was first contacted by an initial recruiter who performed the first screening and was the point of contact up until passing the hiring manager screening. After passing both of those, coordinated with the lead recruiter who was the main point of contact through the 3 main interviews and a final VP interview.
All steps were coordinated well and was very well informed throughout every stage of the process and even beyond hiring.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Role specific questions involving Terraform.
Systems design.
Programming challenge.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Liftoff (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2024
Interview
The interview process was very straight forward. All rounds were coding rounds with a project at the end. The recruiter explained the process well and all interviewers were nice and encouraging.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions involved matrix and graph traversing, parsing, and a console project.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Liftoff in Jan 2024
Interview
The interview process comprised seven interviews across four rounds covering both behavioral and technical skills.
The first round was a behavior interview and was a good chance to learn more about the company.
The second round was a primarily a technical coding interview although there were some behavioral questions.
The third round was a series of four different interviews on the same day covering more coding interviews, a behavioral interview, and a system design interview.
The final round was a detailed technical discussion.
Overall I was left with the impression that the interview process was designed to find not just a technical person, but a person who would be a good culture fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding questions were Leetcode style, and were around Medium level difficulty. I believe that following the Grind75 Leetcode list and completing the Easy and Medium level questions would be a good way to prepare.
The system design interview was also more forgiving than I had anticipated. Reading through the "System Design Interview" books by Alex Xu will go a very long way in preparing you.