I've worked in big tech before (F/A/G), and I was interviewed by one of the founding engineers for a technical position.

The overall experience was the worst I've ever seen, and it's strange that I can hardly believe it's true. They stopped my process at the technical screening. Overall, it was 30 minutes: the interviewer arrived on time.

There was no introduction about himself (assuming I knew him????). There were no questions about me, and no time for me to introduce myself. We went directly into the coding question, which I was fine with. It was an easy question that I finished within 20 minutes. After finishing, I confirmed with the interviewer that it was what he expected. We then moved to the next part where he introduced one of the camera models and showed off the technology. The technology was that we can supply electricity using an Ethernet cable. Do you call this innovative? It has been on the market for quite a long time.

Then he asked me to ask questions. For all the questions I asked, he answered with no more than two sentences. The overall process was 30 minutes.

Overall, I am glad I was rejected. It was a total waste of my time, and probably theirs as well. The interview showed that they had no interest in learning more about the interviewee and probably no intention to hire at all.

Zero questions about my background, zero questions about my previous experience, zero introductions about the interviewer himself, zero sentences about what he does in the company. You may say this is their hiring style. But I'd say, as an interviewee, you have a lot of choices. Do not interview with them; this process is not respectful of your time.

And feel free to:

• Check more information about this company on Blind, and that will change your opinion on working for this company.
• Look into their cameras more, and this will also help you question their competitiveness.

All in all, this will be a waste of your time. Do some online searches before applying and interviewing with them.

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