I was asked by a friend to apply. He seemed pretty nonchalant when I asked him about his experiences there, but he said he was after the referral bonus. They had recently ramped up the reward. Someone reached out to schedule a Skype interview and asked for my Skype name. They couldn't do it later in the day so I was forced to leave work early. It is what it is. They told me to be in business casual for the Skype call. I got a phone call while standing in front of my laptop at home in business casual for a Skype call (a call that I could have taken in the office and gone back to work afterwards). Apparently the same guy interviewed my friend a month prior. He's currently on a project to revamp their hiring process so he does the majority of the interviewing. All of the questions (yes all), were behavioral and are what you would find on About.com. It felt pretty long and inadequate in terms of gauging problem-solving abilities. The interviewer mumble inaudibly and I had to ask him to repeat himself a numerous times. I guess it was good practice considering I don't often get asked the more generic interview questions. Usually I'm asked a hypothetical or conceptual question to test my analytical aptitude. At the end, the interviewer asked for current contacts including my current boss. I was very reluctant to give him this information and had never been asked that by an interviewer so early in the process. I got an e-mail saying that they wouldn't be moving forward with me.

They really want to get to know you throughout the process, and see how you think about data in different ways and how you solve problems. You have to build a product which takes a long time.