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Javascript Developer Interview Experience - New York, New York

May 16, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied by email and heard back after a few weeks. Had a text chat interview in a private Slack channel, then received an exercise. Had a couple more chats about my exercise. Received a rejection email with good feedback.

The whole process maybe took a month.

Good things: I liked being interviewed in chat; I'm more comfortable typing than speaking face-to-face. I learned how WordPress plugin development works. I was reminded about commitment and attention to detail.

What could be better? I think they expected too much from me. I'm a developer with a full-time job, and fixing all the issues in a broken WordPress plugin during my free time wasn't easy. If I were a plugin developer or applying for that role, it would be fine, but for someone without that experience, it's a lot to expect. I envy those who can pass that test, but for the rest of us, it's easier to just skip Automattic.

As others mentioned, it's a long process. Some days or weeks passed between the time I sent my assignment and the interviewer got back to me. I understand they are busy like any other company, but it causes too much stress for applicants to wait for such a long time.

My advice is to get hands-on experience with WordPress and its plugin development before applying.

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Automattic's interview process for their Javascript Developer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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