The interviewers were professional and friendly. There are some great people at this company. The interview process was fair and comprehensive for both interviewer and interviewee. However, I felt the company is strongly overweighting coding interview success (pass rate less than 100% is an auto-fail) vs. evaluating the candidate as a whole.
The interview process consists of several stages: recruiter screen, manager screen, technical challenge, virtual onsite, and after, probably references + C-suite interview, but I did not make it this far.
The virtual onsite consists of a debugging challenge (involves coding, be prepared), system design interview revolving around APIs, and a hiring manager screen.
You have to score a 100% on all coding portions or you're done regardless of how well you know everything else. The debugging interview was ok, but I was unable to provide a coded solution within the allotted amount of time. With that said, I felt my answers + tradeoffs for a long-term fix were within reason. I checked online following the onsite, and I was unable to come up with anything I had not said other than a con I had missed in one alternative. I felt the debugging interview was the biggest reason I was rejected after reviewing my interview process retrospectively.
Know Typescript well and review basic DSA to get past the initial screen. The debugging interview is going to be a bit of luck, intelligence, and prior experience. For system design, you don't need FAANG prep, but make sure that you understand the fundamental backend architecture of your own system. Caution: they may say your system is complicated even if you only add a few tables and use basic tools to schedule tasks/cronjobs which I found surprising (so be "simpler than simple"). For the hiring manager screen, bring your proudest moments/projects and rehearse basic behavioral questions.
