Senior Front-end Developer Interview Experience - Milan, Italy
December 1, 2020
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Remote interview on Slack and GitHub.
The first contact is a fairly informal get-to-know-you chat. Afterwards, there's a code test where they don't respond for weeks. Then they attribute bugs introduced by your predecessors to you.
Questions
What would you do if you found that the legacy code is not optimized?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Automattic Senior Front-end Developer role in Milan, Italy.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Automattic's interview process for their Senior Front-end Developer roles in Milan, Italy is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Neutral0%
Negative100%
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Automattic's Senior Front-end Developer interview process in Milan, Italy.
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