Friday afternoon 4 pm, a simple talk for an hour. Two newly hired employees talked with me, but only one spoke. And, one of them was different from what I had been told in email. They asked whether I talked with HR. I said no. So she asked how much do you know about AppNeuxs, I tell I reviewed the website and talked about it. I missed something because the different platforms have different functionalities that I could not connect well. What are you doing now in the position? I tell what I do. Tell me a project you are excited about. Tell me something about one of your projects. This took much time because they tried to build a situation in which users are willing to use it. Based on the project, how would you test it? (This is so big question but suitable for any case, I used 3 rounds to narrow down what they were trying to get from me. And they said they did not care about the UI. But how can that be? My project was supposed to be a mobile one, why cannot I test the output in different screen. What if the output is so annoying? And stopped by this, I was not easily guided to the track they want on user cases. There are so many cases I can create based on what I did. I just focused on the text label to create many. If I did not give a big picture of the test, I admitted it. But I never get hint of that. And at 5 pm, I was interrupted again, which was reasonable.) Then What would you see yourself in 5 years? I said something like dive in testing, know more about development cycle, know the things behind the test and find the reasons, understand the great efficiency of the product in AppNexus. When I knew they do not code I thought this is even better because this looks like what I do right now. And then I explained a lot trying to build the connection to the position. They did not know what I am talking about and no more desire to know it. Even though I show all I get, I never saw the question in their minds that "is this a right person". I asked them what the most challenging part is in their work and how they communicate with other groups and within groups (because I read all reviews here and was curious how they handle this), and whether they are responsible for different groups separately. The answers were clear enough. They were just following the routine and asking the questions that can be asked to anyone, pretty much like yeas ago I had a phone interview by an intern in CBOE. I was the lab mouse again I am afraid. Even I try to connect my current position to their position showing that I can be a good fit because I have this this similarities and apparently they did not get it, continuing questions. If I interview a person, I will let know him know this is serious because he prepared for some time so I need to be responsible for him, and then for my team. From this experience, neither.

I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter for a 60 minute phone interview. I was not sure about what to expect from the interview so I asked if I could speak with the recruiter about it. After the phone call with the recruiter, I was set up for a technical interview with an employee at the same position.