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It started with a recruiter call. Then, I got a take-home task where I had to build an API from scratch that was like a main part of their product. After that, I had a 2-hour pair programming session on Zoom. In that session, I had to think of some feature ideas, pick one, and then build it using their actual APIs on my own computer, not some online tool. Once I was done, I had to send them what I made. There was a short 10-minute break before the presentation part. For the presentation, I had to talk about my feature and answer some design questions.

The interview process was great. The recruiter was very informative. There were three interviews: two with the same person, and the third one was with a panel. They asked a good amount of customer service and coaching style questions.

I applied to this company even though their job posting had been up for a month already, so I was surprised to hear back from their recruiter right away. The recruiter was pretty nice and made the interview process pleasant. I then had an interview with one of the members of their mobile team. At first, the interview was okay, but then the questions became more repetitive because it seemed like he wanted to hear some specific keywords. He then asked me about concurrency and multithreading and even mentioned that I had answered them correctly, but he was still not satisfied with my answer. While I was giving an answer about the time I used async/await, he questioned how I was able to use it for API calls at my previous company when it only came out in 2023. He also questioned why I had to use it while calling URLSession for an API call when URLSession has a built-in async/await. He said I didn’t have to use async/await again. What shocked me was that he made these statements with such unwavering confidence. I wanted to just end the interview right after that but tried to remain polite. This is the first time I have ever written an interview review, simply because the interviewer didn’t know what he was talking about at all.

It was a terrible waterfall interview process that wasted my time, taking over a month and 7 days to complete. Instead of 1-2 phone screens followed by a full interview with 4 people, I had to successfully complete each interview before moving to the next. To top it off, the recruiter didn't even remember to email me my rejection; I had to send two follow-up emails. The CEO mentioned during the final interview that I'd hear back quickly as he was speaking with the team right after. Instead, the recruiter waited a week, then sent a generic rejection email with a 'Cheers!' sign-off. My advice to interviewers: don't waste over a month interviewing with this company that clearly disrespects candidates. I sent thank you notes to all 5 interviewers, all of which were ignored.