I was contacted by an employee through LinkedIn, who performed a phone screening before setting me up with a member of their technical team for a technical phone interview. I passed the technical interview and they invited me to interview on site in San Francisco. I had difficulty with my flight and did not get my suitcase until after the interview had taken place. Fortunately, I had carried on my interview suit, but I had difficulty sleeping in anticipation of the interview. As a result I tried to take the interviews on very little sleep. On site, I met with three panels of two engineers each. The interviews were 100% technical and the answers were very challenging. For all but one question (listed below), I was able to arrive at answers to the interviewers' liking. However, due to my state of fatigue, I was not presenting myself well; I was licking my lips, wiping my face, stuttering and stammering, stumbling with some answers, and not making eye contact. They called a week later to say that I didn't perform as well as expected on the technical interview questions. My initial impression was very positive. The team seemed bright, energetic and upbeat, and they were initially very eager to get me in to interview. In retrospect it seems a tough place to get into, but great if you can manage it.

I have been on both of sides of the interview table numerous times. I have interviewed a lot of bright people and been interviewed by many. Never have I experienced arrogance in the process, until I interviewed with Yammer. Boy, how should I describe this? There are some basic rules how you conduct yourself during an interview. Especially when a candidate is out there to know about the company and the team, you better show your best face. One of the interviewer has an air of arrogance, know-it-all attitude and disregard to my previous experience. If only, I had the same attitude I would have walked immediately after that. The technical questions themselves are not very hard, but I did learn a good life lesson on how not to treat people you interview. Thanks for that!