Binti Interview Questions
& Process

I reached out to them on LinkedIn and the whole process took about a month. There were 8 rounds in total: a recruiting and leadership interview, a take-home assignment, a leadership philosophy discussion, a PM collaboration interview, value-based interviews, and then a 3-in-1 round with the CTO that covered technical, design, and behavioral aspects, plus one more round. Honestly, my experience showed that they don't really have a clear decision-making framework, which made for a poor candidate experience. It lined up with previous Glassdoor reviews. Scheduling was a mess, the process wasn't clearly defined, things kept getting rescheduled, and in the end, I got no feedback on why I was rejected.

We kicked things off with a chat with the CEO, which was awesome for getting a feel for the company vibe and its history. Then, there was an offline exercise focused on customer success stuff, which we presented to a panel of three folks. After that, we did a live problem-solving task. The next step was a culture chat with an Executive, and the process wrapped up with checking references.

So the CEO reached out to me directly which made me very interested in the job because I really liked the company’s mission. I decided to go for it and the process began with a recruiter call, then I did an async technical interview, and the final round was in-person onsite. However, the whole process felt super disorganized and like they were making it up as they went. They told me I made it to the final onsite before they even knew what it would entail. The onsite interview itself wasn’t the best experience, one interviewer seemed really checked out and didn’t respond much, and only started typing after I’d ask a question. I wasn’t sure if they were doing their own work or taking notes on me, it felt awkward and not very professional. The technical part focused a lot on Ruby on Rails, which was unexpected since my experience is mainly in infrastructure and backend systems. It felt like they expected deep Rails knowledge for a role that wasn’t really defined that way and honestly, I think the stack is a bit old for their goals. After that, they said they wanted someone with more years of experience and more full-stack background. This feedback didn’t really make sense given my resume clearly shows my strong infrastructure and backend focus, and they could have seen that way earlier. It felt like we weren’t on the same page from the start and it was a big waste of my time. On a good note, I still think the company’s mission and their work is great, but the interview experience was really disappointing, felt like a waste of time, and showed how poorly they operate internally.

The interview process was pretty long. The interviews themselves went okay, but I had this weird feeling that some of the questions, with all the specific scenarios and follow-ups, felt like they were just using me for free consulting. There was even a challenge round where I had to do a whole security review of an app and write up a report. I got nothing but good feedback, but after two months of interviewing, passing the final stage, and just waiting for reference checks, they hit me back saying that while my experience was great and feedback was positive, they suddenly realized they actually needed a really specialized Ruby on Rails AppSec expert, not the role they advertised. And this same job posting is still up months later with no changes or mention of needing a Ruby expert. I had to chase down the CEO's assistant for two months because they didn't even have a recruiter, and everything was handled through them, leading to days of waiting for feedback or scheduling the next step. I wouldn't recommend this company.