Comment by ITriedThis

Several months ago I tried their hiring process for a position not listed here.

Hopefully this can help guide anyone interested in applying. You can have an idea of what to expect.

Basic timeline:

  Day  0 - Saw advertisement on Who is Hiring thread
  Day  2 - Applied via an application form that asked
           me for some personal information and to complete
           two tasks. I had to send a POST request containing
           some specified information and write a bash script
           to process some data.
  Day 12 - Saw HN frontpage ad for same position and decided
           to send the same application materials again.
  Day 16 - Response from a human who explained they were working
           on other roles for the last 15 days and now they
           were finally ready to look at applications for the
           role I applied to. Asked if I would take a 60 minute
           HackerRank assessment. I agreed to try it.
  Day 17 - HackerRank assessment available for 2 weeks. Message
           explaining a 2-3 week timeline from that point until
           possible offer.  Steps listed included:
             1) HR assessment
             2) phone call
             3) take home project
             4) 2 technical phone calls
             5) background & reference check, meet team
             6) offer
  Day 25 - I completed the HackerRank assessment.
  Day 31 - Response that the position had been filled but they
           were interested in speaking with me for future openings.

Overall it seems pretty typical. I was a bit surprised by how many screening tasks they had. Two just to submit the application, an online timed test, and a take home project seems like quite a lot. No further contact since then, although I haven't been following closely enough to see if they ever posted the same or similar positions again.