I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at MapR Technologies (London, England) in May 2016
Interview
As the management are all based in the US so it was mainly over the phone , they contacted me through LinkedIn. I had a call with a someone who was based in the UK. he referred me.
the HR contacted me for a phone interview, than they set up a call with the VP inside sales who is based in the US. I also had a call with the Sales Director for France , because I was going to cover the South Europe region.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at MapR Technologies
Interview
1 phone and 5 onsite; This will reveal my identity but I am only quoting facts. You have to fit flight fares within their budget- take red-eye or schedule after 2-3 months or however long it takes. Some people are smart and some are not so much. One such average guy asked Q about google protocol buffers (which I was not aware of then) as if its rocket science. Its just a common sense standardization but he felt superior to know that and massaged his ego. Lost my respect. Not much pre IPO equity advantage.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MapR Technologies (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2017
Interview
Straightforward - start with recruiter, then meet with manager of inside sales, then the VP of inside sales, then a role-play discovery call with both the manager of sales and vp of sales