You get an initial phone screen with HR to discuss your interests and see if they align with Strides. Then a code challenge is sent with about a week of time to finish, though they are flexible if you communicate. While the code is being reviewed, you also go out to coffee with a current Strider to ask questions and chat about life as a developer consultant. If your code challenge passes, you do an on site interview which takes a day. Everything is laid out for you in a letter prior to your interview day so there aren't really any surprises. There's a pair programming session, lunch, and then a focused interview. You have to pass each part of the interview (except lunch) to make it to the next, so if it's not going well you don't suffer through meetings the whole day. Should you pass each step, you are given an offer the same day. Pretty efficient.

After updating my AngelList profile, one of their recruiters reached out to me directly. From there we had an initial screener to discuss the position, what they are looking for, and to confirm my continued interest. I then received a coding challenge which I completed within a week. I personally found it a fun challenge. I think it was a good assessment of ability, well written with an included FAQ to clear up uncertainties, and took a respectful amount of time <1 day of coding. Within a week I got a response that I'd passed the challenge. Next up was an architecture interview via hangouts with two of their developers. For this we first did introductions and then focused on one of the projects I'd worked on from scratch. They focused on which decisions I made and why, the various challenges I faced, and what improvements I'd make to that codebase. At the end of the interview we flipped the script and I got to ask each developer about their experience at Stride. Finally I had a multi-part all day interview at Stride. During this there were two more assessments. The first was a pairing exercise with a Stride developer where I built upon the code I wrote for the coding challenge. I thought this was particularly nice since I always find it sad to see coding challenge code disappear into the abyss with zero feedback or future use. The second was an agile and consulting interview. They gauged how I might perform as a consultant by seeing how you might communicate with clients and deal with difficult situations. They also tested my agile capabilities by seeing what my experience and thoughts on agile were. After each of these assessments there was a break to see if I made it to the next step. After passing these assessments I was brought out to lunch with two Striders. During this time we chatted freely about their experience as developers, coding practices, and their lives at large. From my understanding if you reach lunch you've pretty much got the offer unless if you commit a terrible social gaffe. Finally I got my offer and had the weekend to make my decision. Overall I enjoyed the interview process as it seemed to cover the bases you'd want to cover to evaluate a consultant software developer. It also allowed me to meet a number (7) of employees and get a sense of whether I fit within their company culture. During each interview step they allowed ample time for me to ask them questions and get to know them. This was one of my main selling factors as each employee seemed to both enjoy the work they were doing and to be an interesting person I could easily get along with.