I applied in-person. I interviewed at AppDynamics (Kraków) in Jun 2018
Interview
It was a hefty process of a 3.30 hrs on site interview with three managers. They were asking questions all over the place and your coding skills must be good!
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
1st round HR screening, 2nd round 30 min non-technical talk with engineer, 3rd round on site. On site primarily technical. Main issue was not receiving calls on time / at all. Other than that people were pleasant.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Standard phone screening with a principal or sr. engineer. On site with 3 engineers and 1 engineering manager asking questions.
Interviewers were friendly enough to explain what their challenges are and architectural components.
Was excited about the offer and the sign on bonus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design questions about a service that would be counting likes and dislikes, and how to handle millions of hits per second as well as protect against DDoS.
Design a test framework that would execute and handle the test results.
Basic string manipulation whiteboard coding questions.