Lightning Bolt Solutions Interview Questions
& Process

Had remote zoom calls with logic questions, like brain games or logic thinking from algorithm classes. Also asked questions about handling client situations and escalations. Overall, people were really nice and answered questions well.

You will first have an assessment with some personal questions. The assessment is made up of four puzzles. Then there will be some personal questions including if you are work authorized, your understanding of the position, expected salary, career plan and if you have experience with small companies.

So after doing a quiz that I turned in on paper and a quick phone chat with the hiring manager, I was invited to come in for an in-person interview. This involved four parts: first, talking with some application consultants, then with senior application consultants, then the manager gave me some logic and math puzzles, and finally, we had lunch. Each part took about an hour or more. Honestly, I was pretty taken aback by how uninterested everyone seemed throughout the interviews and even at lunch. Like, during the lunch with a big group, some people I didn't even get to talk to, they were just chatting amongst themselves and totally ignored me. Introductions didn't happen until we were almost done. They seemed like decent folks, but the whole interview process felt like a bit of a joke to the employees. A lot of them seemed bored and clearly didn't want to be there. For some of the time scheduled, the consultants and senior consultants who interviewed me were just wasting time asking me weird questions. For example, they asked me to pretend I was a salesman and sell them a marker, even though being a salesman isn't part of the job. Then one of the senior consultants asked me to list every place I've ever lived. While it might be funny if you're in on it, it felt really unprofessional as an outsider interviewing for a job. Then the manager had me solve a logic problem by creating a math equation, something about five doctors needing to work on day A but not the next day. And that was the end of the day. I was also concerned about growth opportunities, so I asked the manager and senior consultants about it, but they never gave me a clear answer. Overall, I felt the whole interview process could have been way shorter and the people involved could have been more engaged.

Started with some puzzle questions via email, including one about a dog and a swimmer in a circular pond, a card puzzle (vowel/even number), and a question about a dog accelerating towards a light beam. The dog/swimmer one was tough without hints. Then, a 1.5-hour phone interview with more puzzles like a marble puzzle and an 8-stone balance problem. After that, I was invited for an onsite interview. It began with a quick chat with the hiring manager. Then, a panel interview with the hiring manager, an HR person, and two current employees in the same role. The HR person was okay, but the other two weren't very engaged, one even working on her laptop. They asked mostly about my experience. I was put off by their attitudes. Finally, I met with the hiring manager again. He explained the job's product, which is a logical language for creating schedules (like doctor's availability). He taught me the basics and then asked me to encode rules. I did okay at first, but got stumped on a question about expressing rules with an equality. He then suggested the job might not be interesting to me and ended the interview. He was right, it seemed super tedious.