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Ironclad
Software Engineer
Staff Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding
The interview process involved a technical screen. The team is testing a new coding platform, which caused some technical difficulties for about 30 minutes, requiring troubleshooting with an IT partner. The coding assessment was scheduled for an hour, but the candidate initially thought it was two hours. The candidate felt an additional 30 minutes would have been helpful to complete the solution and test cases. The candidate suggested that for senior positions, more time should be allocated to coding assessments to allow engineers to better showcase their skills, rather than focusing on algorithmic coding trivia in a timed test.
Confirmed questions0 questions
No confirmed questions were included in this interview report.
Ironclad
Staff Engineer
Staff Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
The interview process involved a recruiter phone screen, followed by a phone screen with the hiring manager, and then a tech interview with a junior engineer. Generally, the process felt professional and well-organized. However, the tech screen was a bit disorganized because I wasn't told in advance about the programming languages that would be used or the specific problem I'd need to solve. This kind of communication gap between engineering and HR happens often in the tech industry. The engineer conducting the technical interview also struggled to explain the problem clearly.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you aggregate and filter paged API call results from a service into a collection using a provided JS framework, given a challenging paired coding environment with limited testing and intellisense?
Ironclad
People Operations
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
This was one of the best interview processes I've seen lately, really well organized and fun. Started with a quick recruiter call, then a take-home assignment. After that, I had about 3-4 interviews with different team members, all of whom were really friendly and gave great insights. Then I got to visit for a coffee chat and office tour, which was a nice bonus. The process ended with an offer!
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you discuss HR compliance matters?
- What are your thoughts on confidentiality in HR?
- Describe your experience with onboarding new employees.
Ironclad
Software Development Engineer in Test
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Technical screen Onsite Panel Group Presentation Background check Offer
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral
The process started with a technical interview, about 45 minutes long. It was a live coding exercise using CodeBunk, and the focus was on problem-solving, debugging, and automation testing concepts. They wanted me to talk through my thinking. The problem involved finding and fixing two main issues, which I did, using good coding practices. The interviewer seemed okay with it during the session, saying I'd found both issues. But the final feedback said I missed them, which is weird. Then there was a hiring manager interview, about 30 minutes. This was about automation strategy, running tests, and how I moved from being an SDE to an SDET. I talked a lot about my experience with automation frameworks and testing APIs and UIs. Even though we talked a lot about my QE strategy and how I'd execute it, the feedback said I didn't show enough of that, which doesn't match how the conversation went. It feels like the feedback doesn't really line up with what we actually talked about in the interviews.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- How would you approach a specific testing strategy given a few different scenarios?
- Can you describe your thought process during a live coding session focused on problem-solving and debugging?
- How do you identify and resolve code issues, following best practices like DRY, edge cases, and clean code?
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