League Interview Questions
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So I'm giving feedback because League requested it. A lot of people mentioned the take-home assignment takes way longer than a couple of hours, and I agree, getting the project to sync and doing thorough testing can really eat up time. The interviewers themselves were great, no issues there. But the interview loop itself had some major problems. First off, the whole process dragged on way longer than expected. I was told it would be about 2.5 weeks from the take-home to an offer, but mine took a full month, which was pretty frustrating. Second, the amount of work outside the actual interviews was way more than usual. For this role, I did the take-home, then had to submit a system design diagram, and after the technical panels, I had to complete a 115-question online personality assessment. All that extra work added up to almost 6 hours, and with 4 one-hour interviews, it’s easily over 10 hours of commitment, not counting talking to the recruiter. I've interviewed at tons of places, and 5 hours total has been the max before. The biggest issue, though, was the lack of transparency. Right before my final interview with the execs, I noticed the job posting was changed to a mid-level role, but no one mentioned it, and they kept referring to it as a Sr. role. In that final interview, one person seemed disengaged, and their questions felt shallow. They asked about my cross-platform skills, and I mentioned I could do both iOS and Android, needing a bit of a ramp-up on iOS but nothing major since I'd done it before. After that, it was radio silence for a few days until I followed up. They said they'd decide by the end of the week, but then missed that deadline. The next week, they blamed a hackathon for shifting timelines. Two weeks later, I finally got an update. It wasn't a standard rejection; the reason they gave was I was too specialized for a Sr. Android role, which is what they were hiring for! Then they said they changed priorities to someone who could do Android, iOS, web, and backend. It's baffling they'd ask me to spend extra time on a personality test and do the final exec interview if they weren't really considering me, especially after changing the scope. It felt really disrespectful of my time. There seem to be serious internal misalignments, and this pattern of bad interview experiences confirms it. I used to think highly of League, but not anymore. Someone I know internally confirmed that no one actually does all the platforms they asked for; everyone is dedicated to their own platform.

I had a screening call that was followed by a take-home assessment that took about 3-4 hours. The judging criteria weren't clear, though it seemed to follow industry standards. I ended up getting a rejection email without any explanation, which is somewhat understandable, but spending 4-5 hours of personal time shouldn't be the norm.

I had a technical interview with two engineers, but they didn't seem very knowledgeable about application security and tools like SAST/SCA. It wasn't a great experience because I felt I wasn't selected despite answering all their questions correctly, due to their lack of knowledge. When the Director of Talent told me the result, I asked for specific feedback from the last interview or the reason I wasn't selected. I also offered to provide feedback on the interview, but I didn't hear back.

The recruiter reached out on LinkedIn. After that, there were several rounds. First, an introductory call with the Dev Manager to go over my experience and the role. Then, a leadership interview, a 1-hour call with the Product team and another Dev Manager, focusing on leadership topics like team performance, hiring, and roadmaps. Next, a system design round where I had to present a design for a problem sent a week in advance, which involved a lot of preparation. This was a good session with 3 interviewers. Unfortunately, things went downhill after this. Despite following up immediately because I thought it went well, they were unresponsive. The recruiter did respond, and confirmed the negative reviews about ghosting are true. Reasons given were vacation, salary pushback, and finally that they found someone with more experience, even though multiple roles were open. It seems they might be exploiting the current market. Overall, it was a learning experience, but their communication is poor.