I applied to the role via LinkedIn and got in touch with a recruiter. This took several weeks after she had initially messaged me. We had a screening call, and the recruiter seemed disinterested, as if she was going down a checklist rather than trying to gather information from me to determine if I'd be a good candidate.

After several weeks, I got in touch with another recruiter to handle scheduling for the first-round interview, which I was told would be a hands-on coding exercise.

The recruiter's description of the technical interview could not have been more inaccurate. Instead of a hands-on live coding exercise, I was asked a few conceptual questions by a bored and disinterested hiring manager. He muttered, didn't speak clearly, and didn't phrase his questions clearly. His face was also half-obscured by the camera for the majority of the interview. I did not come away with the impression that this manager was competent or someone I wanted to work with.

I also found it laughable that the manager asked whether or not using TypeScript with Angular constituted a "backend" language. Any developer who has worked with the framework, or even has a rudimentary awareness of it, would tell you that it isn't, especially since the job title included the keyword "Angular".

I felt that the hiring manager was only interested in individuals with significant DevOps experience, which I do not have. The fact that I didn't have much experience with Node.js or GKE probably led to my not proceeding to the next round. I find this a bit ridiculous, considering specific technologies, tools, and languages can be learned.

Overall, I didn't feel that the candidate experience was paramount at any stage. I felt like I was just another candidate in an assembly line.

After this interview, there would have been an additional technical interview and an interview with the VP.

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