The first part of the interview process was a phone call, where I got to talk to one of the software engineer leads. It involved discussions about my past experiences, life at Oblong, and a simple coding exercise. Then, I was invited to do an onsite interview at their headquarters in Los Angeles. The onsite interview was really unique and felt well designed compared to the other interview experiences that I have had. While it contained the traditional algorithmic, whiteboard coding exercises that are used by most companies for a software engineering position, it also consisted of a coding challenge on an actual computer. It was a fairly open ended challenge that allowed me to make design choices, that I later had to rationalize during a brief code review. The onsite interview was pretty exhausting though. It went from 10am - 5pm and included a nice lunch, but I think that's fair since that gave both parties a better idea on whether or not I would be a good fit. Overall, it was a great experience and I would, and have, recommended friends to apply.

Phone screen with a simple coding question followed by an onsite. The onsite had 3 standard programming interviews and one longer coding exercise. For the coding exercise, I had to work on a computer and make changes to a toy application.