A few days after submitting my application, one of Etsy's internal recruiters contacted me and set up a brief phone interview where we reviewed my credentials and discussed the company's values and needs for the particular role. About a week later, I was given a short writing assignment with a window of a few days to complete it. A few days after submitting the project, I was invited to meet at the Brooklyn HQ with several members of the team. Everyone was incredibly friendly and focused mainly on my past experiences and how they relate to the position, along with general questions about my interests and how I like to operate. I was disappointed to get an email a few days later letting me know that a different candidate had been selected, but it seems like an extremely positive environment with a lot of growth opportunities for its employees. All in all, it was a very straightforward process. My only criticism was the standard interview inefficiency of repeating the same answers to the same questions for several people throughout the course of the interview. That's not a stab at Etsy by any means - this is pretty standard for interviews anywhere, but I wish there was a more streamlined process to make the most of your time with each person.