On Quia

I am fully burned out today. This interview was very similar to the one I got from Factset in that I woke up earlier than I naturally should, and I came back long after the free lunch had been digested.

I really liked Quia after meeting more of the team. Min-Hank was a fantastic first impression on me. Ex-Oracle, he was easy to talk to and encouraging in all his questions. Next I met Joe, who's also ex-Oracle. I felt pretty happy with my responses with Joe, mostly because they were questions I had never seen before, but answered with minimal fuss and maximal correctness. I related with with him since he was an undergrad at Cal and took many of the same classes that I did. I have to admit that Jen intimidated me a bit when I met her. She was definitely courteous, but I felt uncomfortable while she typed as I worked out the given problem. I tried to chit-chat, I got the impression she wanted to get to the point. I'll have to tackle the problem she gave me and submit it to Joe later on.

I loved talking to CEO Paul. He came in all smiley and that helped calm down some of the interview nerves. I thought I blathered a little too much about my summer internship, but I just really wanted to get to know the guy. I was also impressed that he started this whole outfit part-time while he was doing another job.

The up and down adrenaline rushes between interviews hit pretty hard. There was never quite enough time in between each section for me to tone it down, but at the same time, just enough time to remind me how tired I am. The problems aren't what's hard, it's taking enough breaths and slowing down your writing that's tough. When I underclocked my head back down to sane levels back in the car, I could barely keep myself awake.