DoorLoop Interview Questions
& Process

I went through three interviews in total, two on Zoom and one in person. The in-person part involved talking with three different people one after another. After each interview, they told me what the next steps were and scheduled the next interview pretty fast. The vibe in each interview was good, and I felt like the interviewers were really trying to get to know me. They answered all my questions thoroughly. I didn't get an offer, but I did get some helpful feedback, which was nice compared to other places.

The interview process at this company was quite unprofessional. It started with an HR interview on Zoom where I was immediately hit with 10 React questions before I could even introduce myself. The HR person was late because she forgot about the meeting, and I had to call her to remind her. Then there was a one-hour frontend interview on Zoom, which felt like the interviewer didn't want to be there. After that, a three-hour backend interview took place on-site. The team lead gave me a task but hadn't checked if the code worked, and it failed to run due to a MongoDB connection issue, which I had to fix. The code was also old and used weird libraries. Later, a TypeScript error popped up, which the team lead couldn't fix, so I had to resolve that too. Despite solving the exercise, I was rejected, with reasons like my English or another candidate being faster, ignoring the bugs in their system. The HR person was nice, but the rest showed major issues: unprofessional interviewers, outdated practices, and messy offices. It seemed like they were trying to look more advanced than they are.

They were really insistent on the 4-day in-office work week and asking for 8 years of experience but weren't willing to pay for it. They've been trying to hire for this role since September, and my interview was in March, which makes me think they're being overly picky – major red flags. This is a new position reporting to the head of sales. They asked standard questions, but when I brought up cross-collaboration, I questioned how much being in the office every day matters if many of those people aren't based in Miami. They emphasized culture but couldn't really explain it beyond just working hard.

I had a really good time interviewing here. The process involved 4 different stages, where they checked my technical abilities and how I communicate. One part was about frontend stuff, like talking about React hooks and JavaScript best practices, and also a short live coding challenge. Another part was about backend skills, which included an assignment where I had to build a Node.js server and work with databases. They also had some general chats about my past experiences to see how I communicate.