Amplitude Software Engineer interviews, decoded.

I had a recruiter chat, then a take-home technical screen on Hacker Rank (no interviewer involved). The recruiter ghosted me after the technical, and I received no feedback or replies even after I reached out. I completed the technical test within a day of receiving it and well before the deadline.

The interview process was pretty standard, starting with a recruiter screen, then a chat with the hiring manager, a technical screen, and a behavioral/system design interview, among other usual parts. It moved along reasonably fast, and the people I interacted with were decent and respectful. I ultimately declined their offer as I had other opportunities lined up.

Got referred, then a recruiter hit me up right away about a technical take-home, which was a 90-minute hackerrank test. The recruiter mentioned JavaScript initially, but the hackerrank itself let me choose between Python or JavaScript. This was kinda confusing since I would've preferred Python, but I ended up going with JavaScript because of the first contact. After I took the test, the recruiter didn't reply when I asked for clarification. I followed up again and then got an automated rejection email. It didn't exactly leave a great impression.