I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at MongoDB
Interview
Was approached by recruiter via Linkedin. Over three months of interviews (all handled remotely) with seemingly positive interactions all along, but eventually amounting to nothing. A complete waste of time.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Conduct a 20 minute technical presentation on a topic of your choice
The process was thorough, and it gave me a chance to meet with a lot of different people. It confirmed alignment on culture and values across the entire org.
The process: Recruiter screening -> Hiring Manager -> Technical -> Director, VP, Sales -> Challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Usual interview questions.
Broad technical questions - this is a technical role (REST, ORM, convert XML to JSON via your favorite programming language, ACID).
Knowing a sales methodology helps.
Difficult, but worthwhile challenge at the end.
Everyone was really friendly and welcoming and asked about things other than work too to ensure cultural fit. Some people seemed genuine while others not so.
The role requires a salesman with technical skills rather than an architect with some sales skills. Could have been made clearer at the start to ensure best prep for interviews. They are happy to offer tech training if you're not strong but not for sales skills, so you need to be a natural born sales person or that personality to progress.
Technical interview was very easy if you are an architect with recent tech exposure. 7 total interviews to finish line with a major presentation at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a scenario, describe what type of database you would use to solve it
