I applied directly. The first round with recruiter, quick just questions about experience, info about role and salary expectations. She was late but overall seemed pleasant and was very prompt with scheduling. 2nd round was 30 min with junior-ish frontend engineer, coderpad, build a small react component dropdown. She was great, easy to chat with. 3rd round was another 30 min with a more senior frontend engineer, via coderpad call api and display data. I struggled a bit with some syntax, but interviewer was pleasant and helpful in finding my bug. Never heard back after 3rd round one way or the other. I was already leery given some of the reviews here that mention a toxic workplace and micromanaging CEO, so sounds like I dodged a bullet. Overall it was a good experience and practice so I won't hold that against them.