causaLens Software Engineer interview questions

Thirty minute phone call. The first 5 mins I was asked to describe my background, my current job, etc. The next 20 mins were technical questions, and finally the remaining 2 mins I was finally able to ask my own questions. The interviewer was a bit rude and was unable to explain what it is they actually make or problems that you might be solving there.

I had several rounds of interviews and the process was very smooth and interspersed with opportunities to learn about the company as much as they learned about me and receive feedback between every round. To start off, a meeting with the Director of Platform Engineering was set up where I was asked frontend questions, as well as some questions to determine culture fit. Despite being a technical interview, the atmosphere was relaxed and informal, which turned out to be the norm for subsequent rounds as well. I received a response from the recruiter within the day and they proceeded to schedule the Day 0 round. For Day 0 I was added to a Slack channel with the team and tasked with completing a development challenge within the allotted time. I thought this was a good test of skill and time management. During Day 0 I also had a coffee break call with a Machine Learning Engineer and Director of Operations. This provided a nice change of pace and an opportunity for me to learn about the company culture. After Day 0 I had two more back to back interviews with a Frontend Engineer and Machine Learning Engineer who asked technical and non technical questions respectively to get a well rounded view of my capabilities and approach to development. Then finally another call with the Director of Platform Engineering so I could demo my Day 0 solution and answer questions about my implementation. Shortly after, the recruiter reached back to me with feedback from all the interviews and scheduled my next meetings with the CTO and CEO of the company. 

The call with the CTO started with a broad open-ended full stack question that was slowly refined and elaborated upon to understand my experience. Then it ended with questions regarding my motivations for joining the company and other culture fit questions.

The last interview was with the CEO which ended up being short and direct. He mainly wanted to ensure my goals aligned with the company’s and what they could provide for my career growth. It was a delightful series of interviews, with a well rounded balance of questions. Everyone I spoke to was passionate about their work and easy to talk to. The recruiter is so considerate, helpful and prompt and I especially appreciated receiving constructive feedback every step of the way.