The initial 30-minute phone screen consisted of behavioral and technical questions, as well as inquiries about previous projects.

I passed this phone screen and advanced to the next stage, which was a take-home technical challenge. This challenge involved building a simple single-page web app using HTML, CSS, and jQuery, after fetching data and images from a provided API.

I spent about 8 hours on this technical challenge and showed it to some colleagues for review before submitting. As far as we could tell, it worked perfectly, satisfied all the requirements, and contained several features to make it look more like the provided comp, even though these features were not listed as requirements.

The SendGrid recruiter informed me about a week later that they would not be proceeding with my application. They were friendly and offered to answer any questions I might have.

I wrote back asking for feedback on my submitted tech challenge to learn if I had inadvertently made some mistakes. There was no response, as is unfortunately typical for many companies. Whether this was due to a lack of organization or consideration for candidates who invest time in these challenges, I don't know.

Phone Screen

• Describe a project you've been working on recently and a new technology you're interested in.
• Describe a project you're proud of.

Tech Challenge

See above