I received a message offering an interview with an AI bot. It was a terrible experience.
As a fluent but non-native English speaker, it was very challenging. On top of that, I have ADHD, which made things considerably more challenging.
The bot asked up to three questions at a time about different aspects that require a lot of explanation, making it very easy to lose track of what I had to answer. This caused me a lot of anxiety.
To make matters worse, the bot interrupted me three times, either by asking the same question again or a different one.
They recommended I re-interview when I am more prepared. I'm not even considering it. Terrible experience.
One of my skills is the MERN stack. The bot asked me about injections, caching, and Redux, all in the same question.
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Mercor Software Engineer role in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mercor's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Baltimore, Maryland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Mercor's Software Engineer interview process in Baltimore, Maryland.