Recruiter was responsive at first, but then ghosted me after a point, even during the set up of an interview. Had a coordinator do it all, ultimately. So, negative there. Then came the interview. Manager was really nice; she's cool. Answered all her questions. Then came the panel interview. Went good at first with the first person (but didn't ask me anything frontend), but then the second person, a female interviewer, wanted me to go on video for whatever reason (she was not on video, ever). I didn't want to, as I prefer to keep bias out of interviews, but she insisted. So, I complied. The irony of her questions, however: this was for a frontend development role, and she didn't ask me anything about it. Instead, she asked me Java-exclusive questions and database questions, all of which I answered. I think she was trying to trick me, thinking I was simply a frontend developer (my background is fullstack, surprise). So, I'm sure she was surprised when I provided her with the SQL query exactly like she requested, lol. Anyway, I'm still on cam, and the next guy comes on. Again, backend questions, but at least finally, we do an algo question, and I answer it, including the edge case. But again, nothing frontend. Finally, the last person, and FINALLY FRONTEND QUESTIONS. Goes well, and we hit it off great, and he even mentioned that he'd be advocating for my hiring. Weeks pass, nothing. I'm pretty sure the second and possibly the third interviews just gave the thumbs down on me, even though they did not do their due diligence and judge me equally against others based on the FRONTEND role. Super disappointing experience. I felt like I was discriminated against, to be quite frank and honest. That's what it felt like. Visa has a very low percentage number of Latino engineers (look it up); the majority who are White/Asian (South and East). It's ironic because this was for a position in Austin, and Latinos will be the majority again in Texas come 2022 and beyond, yet only make 11% of Visa's US workforce (I'm sure it's even less among the engineering division, even less globally). Anyway, Visa ghosted me in the end. Not even a 'sorry, we decided to move forward with someone else,' you know, the usual stuff, but not even that. Which is cringe coming from a global company as big as they are. I ended up taking an offer at Morgan Stanley ultimately since Visa just vanished.

Backend questions for a Frontend position.