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I guess I needed to be clearer there.

I meant experienced programmers in Moscow, Russia. For the most part it's either one Skype call (<= 30m) and one personal interview (1h - 1h30) or two personal interviews. There are exceptions though. I've heard Yandex requiring at least four interviews, but my colleagues all tell me that they wouldn't agree to proceed on such terms.

Apparently, looking for a job is a much more tedious process in the US.




I once interviewed at Apple many years back. Personal interviews with 19 people over 2 days! Well a few of them were in pairs (I presumed they were training their engineers to interview also.) I didn't make it through however not for technical reasons but cultural fit (maybe I didn't act fanatical enough about Apple products?)


In the US it is basically a form of hazing. If you can make it through their process, you'll be accepted as part of the "family".

blah blah.




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