review moved quickly, first a call with the recruiter, then with manager, then a quick live coding exercise, and then a take home assignment followed by an api design test.
Interview process was terrible. Didn’t have a chance to speak to anyone on the phone. Just a quick email with an HR person and another assessment with a Tech Lead. I wasn’t asked any serious technical questions. When I emailed several times to see if I could get any info on benefits, HR was radio silence. I couldn’t get any solid info on 401ks, medical insurance, PTO...nothing. They also only provided me with 24 hours before the offer expired
and I didn’t feel like I was given a proper opportunity to contemplate the offer. The whole process felt very shady. Overall was a terrible experience.
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Granular
Interview
Communication was fine and prompt until the final round, following which there was a period of radio silence. I had to follow up to get an answer.
The team was professional and had a good interaction BUT if your hiring for software engineering roles I don’t see how you can judge candidates without technical coding rounds that involve coding exercises/ whiteboarding solutions. Or go the route of a take home exam. It is simply impossible to know what candidates can offer for a sw engineer role without doing this. So I felt the interviewers were somewhat winging it, threw a bunch of questions out there by reading my resume as we were speaking and my full potential was not understand by them. This is not a sales or manager position so simply ‘talking’ doesn’t really cut it for a final on-site interview IMO.