ManageGo Interview Questions
& Process

I had an initial phone call where we went over my experience in detail and I answered a few questions about my previous sales history and tactics. They called me back to invite me for an in-person interview scheduled for two days later. Unfortunately, I was driving and couldn't write down the interview details. They were supposed to send a follow-up email with the details, but I never received it. I called back and spoke with Larry, who apologized and informed me that the position was already filled. It seems strange to call me the day before to invite me to an interview at a scheduled time, only to fill the position. It's good I didn't drive out there to find that out.

So the first step was this technical phone screen, and then I was surprised, the hiring manager was there. They mentioned they'd fly me out for an onsite interview, and that onsite would include a whiteboard coding challenge.

I submitted my resume on Friday and interviewed at their Brooklyn office the following Monday. The interview itself was fine, conducted in a relaxed setting. We went over the project, and I was asked about my background and work history. This was followed by a brief technical assessment with a few questions, which were pretty standard for .NET roles – nothing overly challenging. The next step involved a take-home assignment: implementing a Xamarin screen with custom controls. The catch is that this task requires familiarity with Xamarin.Forms and likely SkiaSharp. Without that experience, it would likely take considerably longer to complete compared to native development. Since I have minimal experience with SkiaSharp and Xamarin.Forms, I decided not to invest the time needed to either learn these technologies or struggle through a native implementation. I suspect this approach might deter candidates who are quick learners but not yet proficient in those specific areas. However, it seems to align with their goal of finding someone to manage the existing project, and they aren't in a hurry to fill the position.

I interviewed with ManageGo back in Sept 2017. The hiring manager and app architect did the interview but they barely spoke English and didn't really know how interviews are done in the West. They made me an offer then, but I said no because they were unprofessional. Then, in March 2018, someone from ManageGo kept pushing me to reconsider. I met with the hiring manager again and we both seemed interested in moving forward. He then asked me to do an on-site software exercise. The exercise involved a software project and a list of features to add. Usually, take-home exercises are either super simple with the goal of seeing if you can make a production-ready app (looking for good design, validation, error handling, unit tests, etc.) or they have lots of functionality and the goal is to see if you can build an end-to-end app, even if imperfect. The code they gave me was messy, and the requirements were vague, so I figured they wanted the second type. Even just to get it working, it took me about 7 hours. To make it production-ready would have taken maybe 3 days. After I finished, I talked to the hiring manager about salary and start date. The next day, the app architect emailed me a code review criticizing my design. I was asked to respond to each point. I basically said, 'Yeah, that's valid, I wasn't building a production app.' Since then, I haven't heard anything. And by the way, doing the exercise at their office meant I saw their workspace - cramped with sales and customer support, which is pretty depressing. Edit: After I wrote this, someone from ManageGo harassed me to remove it. Then they claimed they hadn't decided, and finally sent a rejection email.