GreatSchools Interview Questions
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It took more than a month to even get in touch with them. Once I did, I was given a take-home coding assignment. It's now been a full month since I submitted that test. I sent a follow-up email after a week and heard nothing back. Reaching out via LinkedIn message after two weeks also got no response. I even commented on one of their posts after three weeks and still nothing. It's been exactly four weeks now with zero communication. They didn't even have the courtesy to send a simple 'no thank you' via email, message, or text. Honestly, I'd steer clear of this company.

Process with recruiter, operations director, and people director. Very organized process, and people were super welcoming during the interview. It was great to be part of the process. It was also fast, with lots of information given throughout.

It started with a phone screen where I was asked some Ruby questions, which I think went well, and then I got an easy codingame.com challenge that I completed. About a week later, I had a 3-hour onsite interview. Early on, there were some concerning signs about work-life balance and enthusiasm for the role, plus they mentioned high turnover, especially for junior folks leaving after a year. The team interview was tough because their tech stack is ROR with React, and I don't have extensive experience with either. This was my first onsite technical interview, and I was pretty nervous, which led to me blanking on or not understanding some questions. While I take responsibility for not performing well due to my inexperience, it was known from the start that I was new to this. I was surprised to even reach the onsite, given the job posting asked for a year of React/ROR experience. The team was nice, though, and tried to make me feel comfortable despite my lack of framework/language experience. Towards the end, things got awkward when they commented on my age and gender. When the main interviewer returned, they said the interview wasn't going well and that we were done, mentioning they'd interviewed more qualified candidates the previous week. I knew I wasn't the best fit, but ending it that way felt unprofessional. I asked for feedback on the coding challenge and onsite since I invested about 3 hours in total, but I haven't heard back. They also didn't discuss the coding challenge at all during the interview.

I applied online and then the hiring manager reached out after a few weeks to set up a phone interview. A few days after that, I got an email for an onsite interview. It was with four people, and I had about half an hour with each. The interviews themselves were pretty easy and everyone was really nice. The downside was that the hiring manager never got back to me with any results, even after I followed up, which was kind of unprofessional.