Staff Engineer Interview Experience - Milpitas, California
Process
First round interview.
Recruiter was condescending and generally dismissive. Seemed more interested in completing a form versus establishing candidate fit.
Absolute worst interview experience I've ever had to deal with.
Questions
Do you have experience in security and compliance?
Were you last employed in 2019? (The recruiter didn't notice that was when I started my CURRENT employment)
Do you have application security experience?
What is your target compensation? Base? I mean base plus bonus. You said just base, is that just base or base plus bonus?
Oh, levels.fyi? That doesn't apply here at Gong. I don't even know what that is.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Gong Staff Engineer role in Milpitas, California.
Success Rate
Gong's interview process for their Staff Engineer roles in Milpitas, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Gong's Staff Engineer interview process in Milpitas, California.
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