So I've been working for a really big corporation, something like 55,000 employees at the time,

and I was interviewing for a Java development position.

When I went to go interview for this company, for my first real job at a big company,

I expected there to be a really structured process and for them to be really, really well organized.

And it turns out, like most companies in the world, especially at that time, that was not

the case.

And so I went in and I chad with four different engineers, all super smart people, but they all

asked me the same question.

And since I got asked that question four times in a row, even if I hadn't known the answer,

I would have known it for the other three.

My name is Mike Buford.

I'm the CTO of Greenhouse.

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Mike Buford has no hobbies anymore, and for good reason.

He has two six-month-old daughters and a three-year-old

toddler, so it's an exciting and very busy time for his family. He used to play guitar and

enjoyed cooking, but now he exclusively focuses on family and work. His family loves to go to the

park and take walks around the neighborhood. Along with that, they sing songs, read stories, do art projects,

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