I Had a phone call first with HR, this went well and was then scheduled to speak to the Global Professional Services Manager on the phone. Was told it wasn't an interview as such, more a chat about technical experience. Because of the time difference, I was told I would receive a call at 7pm on a particular day. That day came and no call came - no explanation was given either after an evening was wasted. A couple of weeks later they scheduled another call, this time he called - still no explanation. With it being 7pm I had just eaten dinner, winding down from the day and didn't feel I was well equipped to answer the type of questions he gave me, such as "What is your biggest achievement?". Was expecting a few questions related to my current role, but felt it was actually like a formal interview. A week or so later I was told via email that I wasn't being considered for the next stage (face to face interview) and my recruitment consultant told me that their feedback was that my communication was "Lacking". Found the whole process rather strange and very unorganised. Had several HR people email me from one day to the next.

Recruiter scheduled a phone screen with me. The phone screen was with the same recruiter. She asked me to go over my resume and SDLC experience. Then, she went over the position and Appian, mentioned they looking to grow exponentially in resources due to increase in demand. At the end of the phone screen, she said it sounds I have skills they're looking for and she would work on scheduling an on-site interview. I had the on-site interview the following Friday. Met with 4 interviewers. Half an hour each. They ranged from Senior Consultant to VP-level. At the end, the recruiter said one of the co-founders would like to meet me. Interview #1 - The person had a printed list of questions to ask me. Tell me about yourself. If you were tasked with a challenging project, how would you approach it. If you realized you were not going to meet the deadline, what would you do? What is the most important thing that you learned in the past 12 months? - Asked what i knew about Appian Interview #2 - The person asked me to give brief overview of my resume. Asked me a few questions regarding my resume. Then asked me a brain teaser "Tell me the maximum set of coins (in value) that would be greater than $1 but you would NOT be able to make change for a dollar" (ie how many quarters or dimes would meet those requirements) Interview #3 - The person asked me for a copy of my resume bc he didn't have time to get a copy. He asked me to tell him about myself. He asked a few questions regarding my resume. Made comments about how he is concerned I am not enough of a technologist after only hearing a very brief overview of my work experience. Asked me if i had any technologists in the family but added this is out of his own curiosity and does not impact my interview. - Then proceeded to ask me a brain teaser: there are three buckets of fruits. 1 is all apples 1 is all oranges 1 is mixed. You can only take out 1 fruit out of 1 bucket to determine what each bucket is. After I confirmed some of the assumptions and being stuck, he grew inpatient and said use probabilities/statistics to show me what you're thinking. He corrected me and explained the answer. Then said he would give me another one bc he considered the first one a failure. - Second brain teaser was we are playing russian roulette. there is 1 bullet out of 6 slots in the gun. he shoots himself first and doesn't die, now it is my turn and i have an option to shoot myself immediately or spin the chamber and then shoot myself. which option should i choose? again you're supposed to use probability. after i got the probabilities he condescendingly asks which one of the fractions is smaller. he then asked if there are two adjacent bullets in the gun then which option should i choose Interview #4 - The person asked me to give summary of work experience. Then proceeds to explain the ladder of positions from Associate Consultant, Consultant, Senior Consultant, Principal Consultant, to Technical Delivery Manager - Asked what i knew about Appian - What technology do i use on a daily, weekly, monthly basis - What phone do you use? What do you like about it? - Draw me a flow chart bc this is something that is fundamental to a Appian consultant's job. A consultant uses Appian product to draw flow charts in order to build/customize applications for clients. - Said he loves everyone he's works with and everyone there loves working with each other. People are motivated, intelligent, and competitive, but not against each other. Quick chat with co-founder - Showed me Appian product and what a consultant is expected to do - Said there is a concern that i am not enough of a technology enthusiast - is there anything else that id like to share that would show that i am interested in technology - what kind of math requirements did i have to take in undergrad business school - what extra-curricular activities was i involved in in college that prove my communication skills As you can tell, throughout the interviews, I got the sense that they were "looking for a technologist for this position" You don't need to be a computer science major or know how to code but we need someone with a certain level of technical aptitude or at least is enthusiastic about learning technical skills. I work on the functional side of system implementation and their job description matched exactly what i do, so it is possible their job description should be changed to accurately describe the technology-enthusiast yet no programming-required candidate they are looking for.