I received an email from one of their recruiters who offered to meet with me at a Starbucks and discuss Slalom. After I responded, we met up and he told me about the company and explained the benefits of working there; essentially selling the company. He asked if I was interested in going forward with the process and I said yes. I received a technical screening phone call and asked about a wide range of topics including OOP, Web Services, Databases, Web Design, and a few data structures (see questions below). It was a relaxed interview and he ended it by asking if I had any questions so I asked him about company culture and his day-to-day job. The recruiter that I spoke with earlier told me that they liked my performance in the technical screening and wanted to schedule interviews with two manager type positions. There were a few scheduling conflicts that occurred due to miscommunication between the Seattle office and the Orange County office but they were very apologetic and professional and asked when/where I could meet them. I met with one of the manager type positions at a restaurant and had another phone call with the other where one was focused on company fit and my personal motivations as a programmer and the other asked similar questions with a few consultant questions. I received another email from the recruiter saying that they both liked me and they wanted me to meet with their head manager as a final interview. I met with him and had a relaxed discussion about my motivations and he explained what kind of people work and Slalom and told me about the expectations that I should have. The next day I received a call from the recruiter and he asked to meet with me to discuss an offer. The whole process took about a month from initial contact to signing the offer letter.

The recruiters were great. However, in my opinion, the tech screeners lost all interest once they saw that I am over 40. Additionally, the tech screening case was sent to me 20 minutes before the interview. To be fair, they might have been trying to gauge how well I can think on my toes, but I found that to be unusual.