I was pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of the interview process and I had a very positive experience interacting with each and every person- recruiters, hiring manager and lead engineers who interviewed me.
After initial calls with the recruiter, I had a one hour phone call with the hiring manager. Within 3 days, I received a take-home assignment, which I had a lot of fun doing. The programming assignment was focussed on python bigdata microservices and spark . I could say it was a very thought through assignment put together by an experienced engineer, and focused on end-to-end architecture, design and programming. It instilled confidence in me that the team knew exactly what they wanted from this role, and and they knew exactly what they were doing. I was given a week to finish the assignment- I completed it in 4 days and heard back from the recruiter within the next two days!
I was told that the reviewers loved my work. Kudos to my recruiter for being very clear about the process and always giving me very clear ideas as to what to expect in the next round. If she didn't have this information right away, she didn't hesitate to follow up with the team and get back to me very quickly. She said that I will be getting a call about the decision, just one day after my 2nd technical round! The level of clarity and promptness was something I never experienced before with any other company! This was proof that Unity respected and cared about people - be it the ones in the organization or outside.
The following week, I had two more technical rounds. The first one was more focussed on my experience and skills, and I was asked questions around those and the second one was a system design round focussed on ML training and inference pipeline design. The questions were challenging but completely on point and I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion with knowledgable engineers and leads. The very next day, I received a call from the recruiter, and got a verbal offer.