Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Mumbai, India
Process
It was extremely pathetic.
The recruiters in India are on contract, and when they explain Coinbase's philosophy, they read it word-for-word from a piece of paper.
They said they were hiring aggressively, but the whole process took almost 2-3 months due to the unavailability of interviewers.
During the entire process, the recruiter did not even bother to call to keep you engaged. If you tried calling them and they couldn't pick up, they didn't even bother calling you back.
After the last round, there was a period of radio silence. When I tried contacting the recruiter, she picked up and asked, 'Hey, who is this?'
Wow, so you engage with a candidate for a leadership-level role for 2-3 months and don't bother storing their number?
In the end, I just got an automated email saying I wasn't selected. I am thankful I wasn't selected because, by then, I had read all about the work culture at Coinbase.
Questions
In the technical round, which was the last round, I was asked to design a chat application.
In the intermediate rounds, the discussions focused on the content of my resume.
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Coinbase's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Mumbai, Maharashtra is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Coinbase's Engineering Manager interview process in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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