Imprint Interview Questions
& Process

I interviewed for this Team Lead role in Winter 2024 and again the following fall. The first interview seemed to go well, but I got an automated rejection with no feedback. The second time, they seemed really impressed and almost offered me the job after the final interview, saying I'd hear back that day. Three weeks went by, and I heard nothing even after reaching out. Finally, I was told they had restructuring and weren't filling the role, possibly any roles soon. It would have been nice to know instead of being ghosted for 3 weeks; the company seems disorganized. The interviewers from the first time weren't even there anymore, and they had no record of my prior interview for the same role.

So, one of the onsite interview sessions was actually 90 minutes long, way longer than a typical technical session. They asked me to build a complete, working React app for a basic game from the ground up. I was pretty surprised because I'd never had an interview where they expected you to actually build a running application in one session. I mean, I know React, but I wasn't ready to create a fully functional app on the spot. I got most of it working by the end, but couldn't quite fix some UI update issues, which is why I didn't get an offer. Honestly, it's a weird way to interview and not a reliable way to judge someone's skills. If we had just talked about my strategy using pseudocode or high-level design, I would've aced it because the actual problem wasn't that hard. But having to set up npm, create the project, delete default stuff, and run the server all took up time.

The interview process was pretty standard: Recruiter Screen, Technical Screen, Virtual On-Site with Code/System Design/Product Design sessions, and finally an Interview with the CEO. For me, the whole thing was super smooth and wrapped up in just two weeks. I really liked the lead recruiter, and the process overall went really well. Everyone was on time, knew their stuff, asked good questions, and set them up nicely. Some of the tech questions were tough, but that's what I expected for this role. I appreciated that they looked at the whole picture; weaker areas were balanced out by stronger ones. However, doing well on the coding parts is still a big deal.

This company's interview process was really weird. I had 6 interviews in total, but I never once spoke to another designer. All my interviewers were from engineering and new to the company. One interviewer was actually looking up answers online while we talked. They also asked about 25+ project management questions in every single interview. It felt like they had already chosen someone and were just interviewing me to waste my time. Super strange and honestly pretty dumb.