I was contacted by a recruiter and we had an introductory phone call.

Next, I had phone interviews with hiring managers from 2 different teams. This is basically to see if your skills & interests align well with the team.

I received positive feedback from one of the hiring managers and we decided to go ahead in the interview process.

The next round in the interview process was a technical phone round. There were 2 coding questions and a follow-up question. All went well and the next day, I received an email that we will proceed to the final set of interviews; Virtual onsite on Zoom.

Amplitude was courteous enough to split the interviews across 2 days. I sent a couple of dates and times and the coordinator scheduled the interviews and we finalized on 2 consecutive dates.

Here comes the twist, a day before my interview, I received an email saying they recently hired someone and there are no longer any openings

Everything was pleasant until I received this email. I guess the main reason is for me being frustrated is, I had invested a significant amount of time to understand the product, their APIs, etc, and was excited to meet the team. I had canceled my trips for the long weekend.

Anyway, I don't understand the dynamics of the hiring process at Amplitude, but it could definitely improve.

I cannot disclose the questions. But it involves Linked lists, trees & dictionaries.