Cool product, smart people, great office and perks, up-to-date tech stack.
In mid-2018, everything started to fall apart slowly, but then increasingly fast in 2019. Founders were replaced, every C-level executive left, and almost all managers are gone now. This is now a company in which the best people are at the bottom of the organization, and no one from leadership seems to notice or care.
Usual first screening rounds. Technical test with practical exercises similar to the product they develop, like pair programming, in an online IDE. Finally, there are culture fit interviews.
Overall, a very straightforward process. The first round was an intro call with the recruiter, followed by the technical round. The tech round presented a real-use case: create an app using AI. It was a significant challenge to complete in 1.5 hour
- Chat with the team leader about work organization and software best practices. - Live coding session with two software engineers, covering three questions: - Logic of a React application - CSS styling After the live coding, I was congratul
Usual first screening rounds. Technical test with practical exercises similar to the product they develop, like pair programming, in an online IDE. Finally, there are culture fit interviews.
Overall, a very straightforward process. The first round was an intro call with the recruiter, followed by the technical round. The tech round presented a real-use case: create an app using AI. It was a significant challenge to complete in 1.5 hour
- Chat with the team leader about work organization and software best practices. - Live coding session with two software engineers, covering three questions: - Logic of a React application - CSS styling After the live coding, I was congratul