I applied online.

I started the process very excited, but I just got disappointed by how slow and disorganized they are. It started with their HR recruiter. She contacted me to do a screening, but she didn't explain to me how the process would be. She only mentioned that someone would call me for an interview, but she didn't mention there would be a programming challenge or something. During the phone call, they told me they would give me a programming challenge, which was a data manipulation problem. I wasn't expecting to have to program anything, and I wasn't at home at the moment, so it was a little bit embarrassing. After the phone interview, I had no response. I tried to send a few emails, and nobody answered me. It took two weeks to get any feedback from them, until I got another invitation for an in-person interview. I had the opportunity to meet the recruiter, and once again she didn't give any details. She only said there would be a programming challenge and technical questions.

I arrived at the scheduled time at 9:00 AM, but I had to wait until 10:30 AM until someone was available for the first interview. I was expecting a one- or two-hour interview, but to my surprise, it took more than six hours! There were three programming challenges, two technical interviews, and one cultural fit interview. It was clear that they didn't follow any process and that they are very disorganized. None of the interviewers actually knew anything about me or what to ask; it looked like they didn't read my resume. Also, I had to wait from 15 to 60 minutes between each interview like an idiot. At least they offered me lunch, which was really good, by the way. The programming challenges were okay. They were asked by different developers.

They simply took some classic questions online and adapted them for their daily basis. But it was clear that none of the employees knew the problem. I had to read the problems by myself because they would not explain them. The challenges themselves were pretty straightforward, and I could handle them pretty well. One of them was an algorithm problem, and the two others were data manipulation. One of the technical interviews was about general software engineering, which was fine. The problem was the other technical interview, which I still have no idea what they wanted. They gave me a problem and asked me to design a new feature.

So I started talking about lean startups, customer development, and stuff like that, and clearly the developer had no idea what I was talking about. After a few minutes without understanding each other, I asked him what he wanted me to answer exactly, and even he didn't know. He was clearly nervous and lost. And finally, there was the cultural fit round. It included basic questions like what I like to do, what motivates me, and stuff like that.

Two weeks after the in-person interview, and after I sent a few emails asking for updates, I finally got feedback saying I was denied because I didn't fit their culture. And I believe that. At least it was something we agreed on. In the end, I got really disappointed. I believe that you can know how a company is by its hiring process. So I am glad to not be hired and working for this mess.

• One algorithm challenge
• Two data manipulation challenges
• Software Engineering
• Something really weird that I have no idea what it was
• Cultural fit