Vercel

Met with the Head of Engineering, and we discussed what Vercel SWE interns would do. No coding, but we talked through system design and the role. We went in-depth on career growth with the role and the flexibility that it has.

I applied through an employee referral. The process took one week. - Initial phone screen - Online coding challenge The coding challenge wasn't too hard, but I still wasn't able to get it all, and so they decided not to follow through with me.

Spoke with a recruiter, who was not the nicest. The hiring manager was super cool, though. The company seems very pretentious. I guess they are a big name in tech, but they had vibes that they thought they were FAANG level, which was a massive turn-o