Experiencing the interview process

Getting an interview is both an exciting and stressful time. Someone has noticed and acknowledged your skills as a fit for the team and company, and now you will have to prove why you’re the top candidate by demonstrating what you put on your resume. While the hiring process will vary from team to team, you’ll typically receive a call or email asking for you to schedule a time to talk with a recruiter or the hiring manager. From there, you will often do one or more “rounds” of interviews that focus on one or more of the following:

• Technical screening: Basic programming questions used to evaluate your skills.
• Technical interview: Programming questions that involve solving a problem with an algorithm you’ve created. Questions are slightly more advanced than screening questions.
• Take-home assignment: This is a task that requires you to build something based on a set of requirements. Typically, you’...