My interview process took around a month and consisted of two phone interviews, two in person behavioral interviews, and then a full day interview.
First I had a phone interview with a recruiter, this was mostly just so they could understand my background and why I was interested in Pariveda. After this I was asked to stop by their office downtown for an hour on a Friday to meet the recruiter face to face. This was mostly a social chat where he informed me more about their company and culture.
Next I had a one hour technical conversation with an Associate in the company, mostly the conversation was related to my experience and what technologies I've used. After this conversation, my interviewer confirmed what I had on my resume was legit and said they would bring me to the next stage in the process.
Next up I had a in person behavioral interview with a VP in the company, this was a fairly casual conversation where I was asked some generic work behavioral type questions. The last half of the interview was allocated to allow me to ask the VP questions about the company. I learned a lot about the company in this session and told my interviewer I was very interested in moving forward.
The last part of my process was a full-day interview, I showed up to their office around 7:45AM and was there until around 3PM that day. My interview consisted of a few case studies, technical conversations, and a casual lunch with an employee in the same role I was applying for.
The case studies are fairly difficult in nature, and there really isn't a way to study or prepare for them in advance. I believe they are more concerned with your problem solving abilities and how you handle yourself in stressful situations rather than actually coming up with the perfect or right answer. Just be sure that whatever solution you do come up with you're prepared to justify any decisions you made and field difficult questions.
One thing I thought was unique about their process was that during my interview, they didn't hesitate to tell me things they thought I could be doing better. This caught me off guard at first but I quickly realized they were just trying to help coach me for these types of situations. If you can't take constructive criticism well Pariveda probably won't be a good fit for you.
Overall, I would say their interview process (mostly just the full-day) is much more difficult than typical interviews in IT. They are looking for a specific type of individual and most programmers won't fit their mold. Coming from one of the largest software companies in the world I was very surprised to find out Pariveda didn't ask any specific technical questions, rather they are just concerned with general problem solving abilities, It was a good interview experience and I'm excited to see what my career with Pariveda has in store.
