I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zen Planner (Highlands Ranch, CO) in Sep 2018
Interview
Fair and straightforward. The interview process was fairly standard for an engineering job, with a lot of emphasis on technical specifics. I also felt like the process was designed to weed out misfits early, so as to not waste candidates or the company's time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In depth questioning on Spring Boot / Spring Cloud, along with how to build a micro services oriented architecture.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zen Planner (Highlands Ranch, CO) in Feb 2019
Interview
The interview process went through 4 stages.
The first stage was a phone interview with a recruiter from Daxko. It included general questions like "Tell me about yourself". It also included a basic knowledge test about the technologies listed in my resume.
The second stage was an online assessment with a cognitive ability test and a lot of behavioral questions.
The third stage was a video interview with the engineering manager. It included more detailed questions about my technical background, how I work and what I've been working on. It also included a brief programming task via screen sharing.
The fourth stage was the onsite interview. After a tour through the office I interviewed with various people. Again it included in-depth questions about my technical background, but also a whiteboard task about how I would architecture a digital version of a well known board game. They also introduced me to the entire IT team, which is nice because you get to meet the people that you would actually be working with.
At all times everybody was very friendly, communicative (very quick responses!) and they were happy to answer all my questions.
