An in-house recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn. We had a pleasant 30-minute discussion, but this was mostly to make sure I was a real person that could talk in complete sentences. I wanted to wrap up a project at my current job, so I asked the recruiter to check back in 8 weeks. He did. Key point? I made a simple request, he responded (i.e. no spammy follow ups). Phone screen was run by Karat.io. Process seems fair, but not having done a real technical challenge in years I froze and made all the classic mistakes. Problem was enough, I just panicked.  I'm guessing here, but I would say that Indeed's policy is to source as many people as possible and screen out many via their phone screen. To be honest, I think that's a great policy (I have a degree in journalism and have coded for 10+ years at a non-profit ... so I'm not the typical candidate job-hopping around top-100 internet companies. The interview indicated very clearly what I would be judged on: correctness and, slightly, efficiency.