Initial conversation over hangouts followed by a technical piece to do on my own time.
This was followed by another hangouts conversation by a contractor.
He just nit picked through the code - obviously unmotivated to employ his replacement. On the positive side this told me exactly what sort of company I'd be working for,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Generic technical questions asked at any interview,
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at X-Lab
Interview
I had an initial google hangouts interview with X-Lab, with a follow-up interview based on a piece of technical work. I chose not to follow up with the second interview as I didn't think the company would be a great fit for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Generic interview questions and technical questions.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at X-Lab in Aug 2021
Interview
The first stage was a fairly unstructured Google Hangouts chat with a senior dev. Second stage was a take-home programming test. This test, while not especially challenging for an experienced developer, was rather long and open-ended.
I spent 2 hours on it, creating a solid backbone for the project including test cases and comments for what enhancements I'd make if I were to spend more time on it. I also didn't hide the fact that I'd only spent 2 hours on the project and that I was not pretending that it was at all finished.
The feedback seemed pretty unconstructive and mostly negative and focused on the things that were missing from my solution. I hear that they chewed through a number of candidates in a similar manner.
