I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at AppDynamics
Interview
After a brief "get-to-know-you" type of interview, you will be given a lab to complete using AppDynamics. Everything you need for the lab is in the cloud, and you will be given pretty detailed instructions on how to get started. The lab isn't easy, but it also isn't incredibly hard. You will be given plenty of time to complete it and can do so when you have time to fit it in.
Assuming you do well with the lab, you will meet with a team to do an in-person demonstration of something of your choosing. Chose wisely as you are definitely being tested to see how well you can answer questions about your topic.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics in Sept 2017
Interview
First contact with recruiter over the phone; basic background and interest validation.
Call with hiring manager, a more technical conversation ('how would you solve this problem'-type questions, how's your Java, how's your .NET, etc). Then moved to a lab exercise using a VM with their products installed and a workshop lab. Pretty straightforward, but they wanted to see who would go the extra mile and deliver more than just each exercise on the lab.
Call with peer SE, a mixed technical/situational interview, and a couple of other calls with sales representatives and some of the regional leaders.
On-site interview lasted 4 hours, broken down into 4 sessions: 1 hour with hiring manager, 1 hour with SE peer, 1 hour with sales leadership and 1 hour demo/presentation. At the end, they will tell you if they are moving forward, and discuss compensation.
Offer letter arrived not 2 weeks after the on-site.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Several 'situational' questions, like 'did you ever have to convince a sales rep to change strategy to close a deal? How did you do it?', or 'How do you handle negative feedback?' etc.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics (London, England) in Sept 2017
Interview
I was approached by an external recruiter and then spoke with an internal recruiter, hiring manager, sales engineering VP, and sales VP. All were intelligent, honest, and generally good people. There are general technical questions, but mostly it is about values, business acumen, and personal qualities.
There is a technical take-home that was of reasonable difficulty but did require a significant investment of time. Personally I do not rate highly take-home interview assignments , but as they go, this one was not bad. The instructions needed updating, but there were clear enough and the expectations reasonable.
