MongoDB interview questions

I was referred and the process started for a Technical Support Engineer Solution for MongoDB Everything seemed OK. The first interview was set with Rod Adams. He is a manager with an IMPRESSIVE LinkedIN profile. We talked about the company and how they did business and the experience I could bring to the organization. Nearing the end of the interview his technical challenge was how would I build a 1 Petabyte storage system with commodity hardware. He mentioned he likes to ask that to candidates and some of them failed miserably at it. Not intimidated by that, I gave it my best shot despite that not being my background. There was no feedback from him and at the end thanked him for his time expressing how much I looked forward to hear back and hopefully join the team. He said he would evaluate me and I would hear form the Company. My impression was that he was indeed a bright fellow and that in general things had gone well. A few days later got an e-mail from the recruiter saying they would not go any further.

A recruiter reached out to me by e-mail.. I am not even sure how he found it.. He setup a short 20 minute call with me and we talked about the company's future and why he reached out to me (info: I am based in Mexico). He went into my background to find out what I enjoy doing. He had a different approach to our call and i enjoyed After a day he wrote back and connected me with the manager and another engineers on the team. I was invited to their NY office after that which took another days to schedule. My experience at the office was impressive. I met with a few people and they also gave me a tour around the office. I left even more excited about the company! My only complain is that they requested me to book my own flight and they are taking a while to pay me back!!! I would suggest the company to help book flight.