It starts with a brief discussion with the recruiter, then a screening call, an interview with three people, then a presentation of your answers to their questions. I am not a clear match for their requirements so I asked the recruiter why they contacted me. He assured me that they were interested because they saw that my qualifications matched up with their needs. Then he scheduled a meeting with another person more connected to the actual job. The whole process took almost two months. I should say that communication with the recruiter throughout was abysmal. It was bad enough that I almost just told them to stop considering me as a candidate. I only persisted through because I think they have interesting problems to solve. I interviewed in their Mountain View offices after a few weeks of the recruiter going back and forth with me. They couldn't settle on a day and time and seem to assume that people can just forego their other responsibilities for them. Again, not a good sign. The recruiter would send emails late at night and tell me that they had to reschedule, sometimes after I had to be proactive and ask about it. One email was sent at 3am. Is this what they expect of their workers? I interviewed with three people there. One person was really great, sharp, and seemed interested in discussing the problems and the company. One was a bit confrontational and difficult. One seemed to want people to come in and know their work as well as they do in a few minutes. It all went well enough and I was asked to do an assignment for them. The assignment was made of two parts, one pretty straightforward and one that's a complete mess, unclearly asking the same question multiple times. I was asked to come in and discuss my answers. Again, scheduling was a mess. The email was also unclear about what they wanted me to do as far as presenting. Since I needed to come there during my workday, I would not be able to have my personal (non-work) computer with me. When I showed up, it seems they assumed I'd have it to present. Nothing in any communication said anything about it but they were nice enough to let me use one of theirs. I had assumed they invited me to present because they were interested in my answers. Not so. At least two out of three people had not looked at them. I understand that people are busy but if I'm spending time on something to do for them for free, they should at least look at it before I come in to present during time for which they are being paid. I presented to three people and while they were friendly enough, one of the interviewers was combative even about answers I'd researched and had definitive answers based on factual information. There seemed to be some attitude that an interviewee should know as much about their specific use cases as someone who's been there from the start. I've seen this at a few startups so it's not surprising. It's their company so they can do what they want. It just seemed counterproductive. The assignment came with the instructions that it was to take 3 hours. What they wanted was something far more than 3 hours of work. They want someone to design a whole process, documents included, during the interview process. After the presentation, I received a two sentence email that they were looking for a better match. I really think they have interesting work to do and they're probably good people if you get to know them. I think they need to improve their process and understand that people who have not been working on their project may not have as much knowledge about their specific use cases as they do. And be respectful enough to communicate with candidates and read any assignments you dole out ahead of time.