I was recruited to apply to Appirio by a college friend. I was given a phone screen, which was pretty straightforward, along with a technical exercise. Because my background is not in cloud computing nor object-oriented programming, I struggled a bit with the technical exercise but fortunately allocated enough time to get it done. I noticed, however, that the hiring staff never evaluated my technical exercise before making me the offer. Once I submitted the technical exercise, I was invited to interview at Appirio headquarters onsite. I had a couple of interviews with consultants as well as with a senior executive, whom I was extremely impressed with. I got the impression that consultants work hard but have great relationships with their clients and enjoy what they do. I was actually dismissed from the interview early because they told me that they'd gathered all the info that they needed about me, telling me that this was a good thing. I felt very good about the prospects upon leaving.