I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Contextweb (New York, NY) in Dec 2009
Interview
I was approached by a recruiter, then did a screen with the engineering manager. After that I was invited for an in-person interview, which took a while to schedule as I was traveling. The in-person lasted about 1/2 day, and consisted of a series of interviews by 1-2 people, with general problem solving, pen & paper programming exercises, design questions. I felt like I got a good cross section of the team, and the competence and excitement of the people I talked to was the main motivator in me deciding to eventually accept the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you scale access to a system like Twitter
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Contextweb (New York, NY) in Dec 2009
Interview
It was a difficult interview since the company didn't really know what HR is or does really. I guess they only considered it Administrative in nature, but really not was I was lead to believe in a Director role. Pass.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were around what I needed to do for company but the interview was not very specific as to their needs.