Applied directly and the internal recruiter was super responsive. Gave me a call the same day. Started out by asking what my base salary expectations were. I gave him my minimum number to which he replied "ok let me check" and then said the range being offered was between x and y where y met my minimum and x was 20K less. 1st there was a phone interview. Questions werent very challenging from a technical perspective and was more theoretical. 2nd was an in house interview. Nothing too difficult. 1st met with a dev and a engineering manager together. The dev was the same guy who did the phone interview. Questions were on the same level as the phone interview. I did learn that these guys worked on a different product than the one I would be responsible for. Then had lunch with the reporting manager. Nice enough person and I wouldnt have minded working for her but I got the sense she didnt have a clear understanding of what she expected from the role I was applying for other than showing a bunch of remote java devs acquired from another organization how to get something accomplished. When trying to understand what the working relationship would be like working with the remote team I got the sense there wasn't anything like that considered and producing the finished product would "showing them how you get it done." Next was a managing director who did most of the talking. Easy enough to get along with. Then a phone call with HR who was located in a remote office. I had some concerns as there didn't seem to be any structure to their review process, nor did they have any sense of professional development plans for their employees. I got the sense career growth wasn't something you would join this organization for. The next day early in the morning I received a very confusing phone call from the recruiter. He started out by asking me what I needed to go forward and I did have a bunch of questions around the structure of the role, what team would I be working on, etc. I dont think he understood my questions and I soon realized I was on speaker phone when I heard another person in the room mutter something out of frustration. Eventually we got to the offer which was 10K less than the minimum I mentioned in the start of the process. Asked if there was a yearly bonus that I should be considering to which they had none. At this point I knew I would not be going with this offer as it was a dead end job with little to no career growth and under market pay. But, instead of a bonus the recruiter really sold the fact that their benefits included pet insurance and that the entire team will be going out together in December to see the Last Jedi.

Phone screen followed a few days later by an on-site interview; meeting one at a time with 2-3 Jr. developers, a lead developer, a QA person and the hiring manager). My only gripe was that the lead developer actually asked a question which was technically incorrect but I didn't have the heart to correct him (because I was trying to get the job!). For the most part I felt the questions were below average difficulty for the role I was applying for, *relative* to other places I applied to for the same role.