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Senior Software Engineer
Senior Easy Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Other
The interview process was super clear, they laid it all out in the first email: first a tech screening, then an HR call, followed by a take-home assignment. After that, there was a tech interview and then two more interviews with the director and VP. Everyone I met was really nice and always made time for my questions. The initial tech screening was pretty straightforward. I didn't get past the take-home, which seemed quite simple but I guess it wasn't what they were looking for.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Basic technical questions expected of any developer
- A mock code review exercise
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Senior Software Engineer
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
The interview process was messy, with multiple reschedules and the interviewer showing up late. It jumped right into technical questions without any warm-up. The questions felt like 'gotchas' and were very obscure, similar to what other reviewers mentioned. Some questions were about deep JavaScript internals, like function behavior, which even experienced front-end devs at top companies found difficult to recall. After some technical questions, there was a live-coding session using Leetcode on CodeSandbox in JavaScript. The entire interview lasted about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Although an interview outline was sent beforehand, the subsequent stages included more technical interviews and a take-home assignment. I decided it wasn't worth the time, especially if a company requires 8+ hours of assessment including a take-home. It was a pretty bad experience.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- When there are two click events, one on a parent element and another on a child element nested within it, what is the order in which they are triggered?
- Could you explain the concept of event bubbling?
- Can you discuss the internal workings of JavaScript functions?
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Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
This process is a real time sink. They make you do a 6 hour coding project on top of the interviews. Honestly, I'd avoid it because even if your code is perfect and meets all the requirements, they'll still reject you without any explanation. This probably means you'd end up with a manager who's a real jerk and doesn't care about his team. The pay is average and the experience is limited, making it the worst interview I've ever been through.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Questions about web technologies
- Questions about browsers
- A take-home coding assignment lasting 6 hours
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“Solve this Python one-liner problem.”
Read reports →“When there are two click events, one on a parent element and another on a child element nested within it, what is the order in which they are triggered?”
Read reports →“Describe the implementation of 3 endpoints for rate limiting statistics.”
Read reports →“Can you list some frequently used HTTP headers?”
Read reports →“Could you explain the differences between GET and POST requests?”
Read report →“How can browser tabs effectively communicate with each other?”
Read report →“Could you explain the concept of event bubbling?”
Read report →“How would you approach building a URL shortener service?”
Read report →“Can you discuss the internal workings of JavaScript functions?”
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