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It was pretty chill, the HR and professionals were super nice, and it was relaxed, without pressuring the candidate, and trying to get to know the person as much as possible. It was quite interesting, and then they gave me a test to do, which was reasonably easy.

I applied on LinkedIn and Sadia called me back the next day. She invited me to come in that same day for an interview. She told me more about the role and the company and answered my questions. Then, I had my face-to-face interview with the whole People Operations team. I answered their questions, and they told me more about the job, their goals, and the team culture. It was a really nice experience. The interview lasted about an hour, which felt like a good use of my time. I learned a lot about the job and my potential coworkers, which made deciding to join Demand really easy. A few days later, Sadia emailed me to set up an interview for the following week with the SVP of People Operations. In that interview, she asked why I thought I was a good fit for the role and what my long-term career aspirations were. The team seemed really keen on hiring someone who would stay with the company and develop their career there. Overall, the whole process took a week and I was very pleased with it. The recruiters were nice, and the team was even nicer.

So first couple phone interviews happened, then they invited me for a full day interview on campus. I had meetings with management, supervisors, and HR. After that, there were two technical interviews. One was a video call to another office with some technical staff, and another one was with the project manager which included a few written tests. Then I interviewed with other team members, and each of them asked their own questions. They also gave me a tour of the campus and walked me through the job duties. The next day, there was another phone interview, and by the end of that day, they extended an offer.

Applied for a senior developer role and the interview was pretty straightforward. The first question involved a PHP challenge to find the nth number in the Fibonacci sequence, which I found a bit tricky since I couldn't recall the exact formula. Then, I was asked to build a navigation bar using CSS and HTML. I mentioned that my expertise is in development rather than design, but I gave it a shot. The remaining questions were basic JavaScript tasks. At this point, during the Skype interview, I felt like I was wasting my time. They also seem to prefer plain JavaScript over jQuery, and using jQuery might be seen as not knowing anything. I found the interview quite unprofessional and it made me question the overall developer culture there. I briefly looked up the interviewer on LinkedIn, but didn't find anything remarkable. Ultimately, I realized I'm not interested in a role that involves a lot of CSS work, and I'm content with my current job unless a significantly better opportunity arises.