A recruiter found my profile on LinkedIn, contacted me, and we talked about the job description. Then, we set a time for a technical/behavioral interview. If your recruiter is Jenn, then you are lucky. She is awesome and very helpful. I really enjoyed talking with her.

However, the second interview was a very bad experience for me, unfortunately. I found the interviewers (two people I spoke with) careless and unprofessional, and they exhibited some impolite behaviors.

The interview started with technical questions. This was an interview for a senior position, so basic 'what is this?' questions are not appropriate, especially when the interviewer is reading from an answer sheet. Instead of such questions, they should have focused on the differences between implementation methods, analysis of concepts, or critiques of different approaches. However, the interviewer asked me only a few questions (about four) all within the same narrow context. If I am unfamiliar with a topic, asking many basic questions will likely result in me being unable to answer most of them.

After about 30 minutes, the technical interviewer stated they had to attend another meeting and said goodbye. They did not allow me to ask any questions. We had scheduled this interview a week in advance, and they were aware of the commitment.

After that, I spoke with another gentleman. He asked me a few questions regarding identifying issues, different teams within the company, and problem-solving skills. He was a pleasant person, but he yawned frequently, although he tried to conceal it. This suggested to me that he found the interview boring. What should I think about such an interviewer?

In my opinion, the interview process is a representation of the company, and the interviewers play a crucial role in this presentation. Intuit has not yet informed me of the interview results, though they said they would within 48 hours (I spoke with them yesterday). Even if I am rejected, I do not feel I have missed out, although I would have liked to join them, as I strongly believe they add value to the market and their customers' lives.

Intuit, please train your interviewers. Otherwise, you risk missing out on talented candidates.

Technical Questions:

• Differences between Threads and Android Services
• What is a Sticky Intent?
• Differences between Parcelable and Serializable
• Talk about Activity/Fragment lifecycles
• What is an IntentService?
• Differences between Kotlin and Java
• Nullable objects in Kotlin
• Kotlin strengths over Java

Behavioral Questions:

• Talk about different teams working on the same project.
• How to identify the problem when it takes around 10 seconds just to upload something to the backend.
• How to identify if there is an issue in the client-side app.