-contacted by email to set up Interview time (HR) -contacted by email by one interviewer about having internet access so he could see my code -phone interview lasted for about 40 min by two people who took turns asking questions -2 hardware and 2 coding questions -people were both very friendly -purely technical interview with no behavioral questions -did not make it past this first stage; second stage would have been 4-5 more half hour interviews with different people