I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Quest Software (Aliso, CA) in Jun 2013
Interview
I gave around 4 hours of interview with two people. One was a UI designer and one was a software development manager. First two hours was more of general questions on what all projects you worked on and then next two hours was a small test where I was given a laptop to build a small game using visual studio. It had internet so could google few things. Once I was done with it, both asked about my process to solve it and also checked the working game.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Develop a memory game using visual studio C# and also create few graphics for it.
It was an on-campus interview at business school. Fairly easy, and one 30 minute interview. The interviewer couldn't make the flight due to a snow storm, so it was over the ph
Four rounds of BS. I was told on a couple of occasions that I was qualified and could get up to speed quickly. I was also told it's more of a personality fit for the team. I was more than qualified, spent five weeks waiting on them - after they told me they'd wrap it up quickly - only to learn that they were passing. Rather than give a qualified candidate a needed opportunity, they apparently passed because they didn't see me as a good fit at their after-work socials. Oh, one more thing - they started off advertising the job with a $70k/30kbonus - only to change it to $60k/15kbonus after two interviews. The entire process was undignified and the people arrogant. But, what should I have expected from private equity people who do sw audits as a main source of revenue?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically they asked me if I'd accept $10k less in salary and $15k less in bonus than what they originally offered at the start of the interview process.