The interview process went smoothly and was well-orchestrated. The people are interesting, engaging, informative, and curious about the candidate. The hiring manager, gave an extremely thorough rundown of the company’s mission, and the near-term challenges. One interviewer was a little reticent and detached, but for the most part it was a good experience. Two things really stood-out for me as great practices, that more companies should adopt. The first was that coding problems were conducted with coderpad, even though it was an on-site interview. As someone with slight dysgraphia, whiteboard “coding” is unnecessarily stressful. Plus it is a generally ridiculous practice. It is a poor representation of a candidates normal working practices, and is generally highly unnatural. Overall the interviewees seemed sensitive to those issues. You get a sense that they gave an interview that they would want to take. The other distinguishing feature that I appreciated was an off-site coding challenge, given with the on-site interview invitation email. It was humorously presented, filled with interesting areas of exploration, and generally fun to work on. It reminded me of the coding equivalent of an escape room. More companies should do this. It sets a good tone for the discussions that follow.