How it went
The candidate, already familiar with the recruiter, experienced a streamlined initial interview process, bypassing the typical technical screen. The subsequent product-focused interviews included a SQL and schema design technical screen, followed by a three-part onsite evaluation. The onsite rounds covered statistics and modeling, experimentation and applied analysis, and cultural fit, with the statistics portion focusing more on foundational knowledge and the experimentation section incorporating causal inference alongside A/B testing principles. The candidate found the interviewers to be approachable and the process concluded in mid-December.
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.