I applied online. I interviewed at AppDynamics (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
The interview process itself was a bit serpentine. I applied for the job 45 days before I got the first reply from the recruiter. Then once I actually got a time set up with him to talk about the position, he flaked on my call. I waited about 10 minutes, I emailed him to see if there was going to be a call or if we should reschedule. No response. I waited another 10 minutes then I called his landline and cell phone and got no answer, so I left messages on both. Only about an hour afterward (at about 6 pm) did I receive a reply to my missed screening call.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me the thing you hated most about the management at your last company.
Typical technical interview with algorithms and testing questions since I am interviewing for test engineer positions. Difficulty is about medium to easy level. They do ask a lot of questions regarding your previous experience so be prepared for that too.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics in Sep 2017
Interview
First contact with recruiter over the phone; basic background and interest validation.
Call with hiring manager, a more technical conversation ('how would you solve this problem'-type questions, how's your Java, how's your .NET, etc). Then moved to a lab exercise using a VM with their products installed and a workshop lab. Pretty straightforward, but they wanted to see who would go the extra mile and deliver more than just each exercise on the lab.
Call with peer SE, a mixed technical/situational interview, and a couple of other calls with sales representatives and some of the regional leaders.
On-site interview lasted 4 hours, broken down into 4 sessions: 1 hour with hiring manager, 1 hour with SE peer, 1 hour with sales leadership and 1 hour demo/presentation. At the end, they will tell you if they are moving forward, and discuss compensation.
Offer letter arrived not 2 weeks after the on-site.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Several 'situational' questions, like 'did you ever have to convince a sales rep to change strategy to close a deal? How did you do it?', or 'How do you handle negative feedback?' etc.