Ashby Engineer interviews, decoded.

i had an interview with the recruiter. they were helpful in informing me about the role and expectations. they asked about why i wanted to work for this company and i fumbled a bit here. i should read the job description clearly.

So first I had a recruiter call, then a call with the hiring manager where we talked about my past experience. Then there was this coding interview which was kind of silly where you have to tell an engineer what to do on their machine. That's all I can really say.

Applied for an engineering role with 6+ years of solid experience that matched all their stated criteria — long tenure, product ownership, startup-like pace, breadth across stack, etc. Got a generic rejection email listing “areas to improve” that were already clearly addressed in my resume. They claim to “review your background,” but then send copy-paste feedback like “if these were present, it would strengthen your application.” If you actually read my resume, you'd know they were. Don’t pretend to offer thoughtful feedback when you’re just batch-sending rejections. It's lazy and disrespectful.