1. Recruiter screen, 2. manager screen, 3. 90 min Codility test, 4. 1-1 talks with managers and tech lead. I felt it was really hard to learn about the job and didn't really get a good sense of the duties or culture until the very last step. Also, there is very little assessment of coding skill (Codility test is very easy, and other assessment is just test of basic programming trivia). Most of the conversation focused on "behavioral" assessment. My feeling is that they have a strong preference for someone with a similar background (i.e. in an enterprise IT environment, working on legacy software, very documentation and process focused).

A recruiter from Mattson Resources reached out to me about this position. We had a phone call where we talked about the job and my experience. I mentioned I had a lot of similar experience but I didn't have the exact programming language listed on there (C++). He seemed to like me as a candidate and said he wanted to run me by the team even though I didn't have the C++ experience listed on the job experience. He asked me to send him an updated resume in the next couple days as I had not updated my resume in the past 5 years. After I sent him the updated resume, I didn't hear back from him after about 3 weeks, at which point I messaged him again. He responded to the follow-up saying I needed the required amount of C++ experience and that we would not continue. This directly contradicts the exact reason why he asked me to update my resume and send it to him. I'd ask that Leica Biosystems work with recruiters who don't run their candidates through hoops for no reason at all.