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I interviewed at Indeed.

Interview

• Phone screening with a recruiter
• Karat problem-solving
• Whiteboarding exercise
• Automation exercise
• Mentor exercise
• Code review
• Hiring manager round

The interviewers were very helpful. The problems were doable with little practice. The automation exercise was fair. There were no out-of-the-blue questions. The recruiter was kind.

It looks like they are not seriously interested in hiring candidates, but rather in conducting interviews. They are looking for geeks, perhaps from Stanford or MIT, for these positions. Ha ha ha.

It seems I did good to average in the coding round, mentorship round, framework, and code review rounds.

I still don't know why I was rejected.

Even if you look at the reviews for tech positions, no one has received an offer.

I can bet that if anyone gets an offer, they probably already earn $100k+ elsewhere. Indeed, they won't join Indeed.

I was exhausted by their full loop. I have never seen an interview for 1.5 hours for a framework.

Do you really think you want to write a framework in 1.5 hours?

If you truly want to hire people, set some realistic expectations rather than wasting our time.

Karat round is the toughest.

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