This interview process was very disappointing to me, as I was very excited about the opportunity to apply to this company.

I easily passed the technical phone screening and the technical video screening. After these, I was told by the recruiter that the next steps were a quick Q&A call with a higher-up in engineering for me to ask questions about the job, and a 5-6 hour on-site interview.

The Q&A call mainly consisted of the higher-up telling me about Coinbase, plus a few questions I had. I thought the call went well, as we had a good conversation about multiple things and he seemed very engaging. However, I was surprised to find out that the person interviewing me at this stage had only been at the company for around 3 months.

I never received a response about the on-site and, about a week later, was denied, which I felt was absolutely ridiculous. I am still confused as to what happened because I was only asked two questions throughout the whole call. Both questions came with about one minute left on the call, and I was told to sum up my answers within the minute. I had also previously been talked to as if I had passed the phone screening stage and made it to the on-site stage.

My advice to anyone going through this interview who is at this stage is to focus your conversation on how much of a fan you are of Coinbase and how excited you are about the future of cryptocurrency.

Why Coinbase?

What type of work environment are you looking for?