Started with HR call for opening in Watertown, MA office then a month later they decided my profile was more suitable for the Austin, TX office team and this to and fro kept going for a while. Hiring team wasn't sure about what they were looking for Frontend or Full stack. As I am a Full stack developer I preferred the same but a frontend position wasn't any make or break deal but gave me an extra advantage. At least that's how I thought.

Got interview dates, Interviewer was nice and calm. Interview was easy. An hour session started with general introduction rather than design questions related to the current project I am working on, in-depth technical aspects of What, How and Why we are using any technology or Architecture design. We talked about innovation ideas, POC and Demos I have created with various technologies of frontend, backend and AWS cloud.

Later half there were specific questions related to ReactJS and JavaScript basics.

Interview was Easy and most of the questions that were asked were part of my day to day work.

Result: Didn't get any communication for two weeks, so asked for feedback which I got 20 days later with an automated mailer below

"After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision not to move forward with your candidacy for this role. While there was much positive feedback, we are looking for a candidate that more closely fits our needs. If you have applied to other positions, please note that this message is only in reference to this position.-- "

Disappointed, considering I was assuming the interview was smooth but at the same time I take that as learning. There must be something I need to improve and for that matter FEEDBACK is extremely important, an automated mailer doesn't say much about what needs to be fixed and without knowing that how I can apply for other positions knowing the result could be the same !!! So I had sent another email asking for a little more detail on feedback but didn’t get any answers.

Technically I have given all correct answers (considering all were simple). I might be wrong and overestimated myself but How does one get to know that ? That's called the FEEDBACK process!! I didn't give an automated interview so getting back automated feedback doesn't reflect good taste.

Suggestion: I believe there is an opportunity to improve the interview process and please consider feedback as an important activity and part of the interview process.

System design related to my current project in depth ?

What, how and why we use any technology in or project ?

Why we used GraphQL ?

Discussed innovation ideas, POC and Demo I have created ?

Pros and cons of Elm and ReactJS ?

Basic questions on ReactJS and JS

Virtual DOM Set state Use state And lifecycle hooks Promises Difference between Let and Var