Deako Interview Questions
& Process

I sent in my application online and then had a phone screening. After that, I went to their Seattle office for an in person interview with 4 different teams. The in person part involved meeting one person from each team, and they all asked me questions, and I got to ask them questions too, which was great for me to see if I liked the company. I also had a one on one with the COE at the end, and that's where they asked the most technical questions since he was really into the technical side.

Got an offer 7 days after applying. It was a video chat, then a 2-hour in-person interview. My chats with the Marketing Director were great, we clicked and I felt good. She did the video call and the first part of the in-person. Two other people interviewed me in person: a customer service rep who used to market for Deako, and a product manager. I got along with the customer service rep, but the product manager asked really technical, irrelevant questions that made me feel awkward and unprepared. Definitely research the company a lot before applying. Everyone was respectful. I liked the personalized rejection email I got. It took about a month to get rejected after the interview.

After an initial contact, the hiring manager called me for an hour-long non-technical phone screen. We spent about 30 minutes on my background and interests, and 30 minutes on the company. I got to ask questions too. Then, I had a one-hour technical phone screen with the lead developer. They asked some easy questions specifically about the tech and methods for the job. I also got to ask them questions. After that, I was invited for a 30-minute informal onsite tour and the main event: a six-hour in-person interview two weeks later. They seemed to bring candidates in groups of 2-4 and rotate staff through different rooms. Lunch was provided. The in-person part had two coding rounds (problems were not too hard, focused on building solutions, one language-specific, one abstract/algorithmic), a system design round, a presentation round where I talked about my past work, and a casual behavioral round with the VP of engineering. The interviewers were helpful when I got stuck, and intense but focused. They said I wasn't selected in a call two days later.

The interview was about 5 hours long, and I met with five different people in separate interviews. It felt like most of them didn't really understand my position or role, and one person seemed pretty uninterested in my interview.