Maze Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The process was pretty standard. First up was a chat with HR where they told me about the company and I introduced myself. We decided to move forward. Next, I had an interview with a tech team member. It was a good one – we chatted about tech at Maze, I asked about how they tackle certain problems, and I also did a live React exercise. I explained my thought process and assumptions during the exercise, even though it wasn't strictly required. The third interview was with an external company that handles technical interviews. It involved a bunch of quick questions and answers, some longer ones, and a practical exercise at the end. Finally, I interviewed with the CEO. It was a great conversation where we introduced ourselves, talked a little about personal stuff, and then dove into discussing product-related topics, how I'd approach some of their current challenges, and my ideas on other matters. Oh, and I had a referral from someone I know at Maze, though the interview process itself remained the same.

So, first I had a call with someone from the team, then a call with a Team Lead or Senior Engineer where we used codesandbox for an easy React task and they asked me questions about it. After that, there was a technical interview with a bunch of relevant technical questions and a short coding assignment. Then, I talked to the CTO about the company and some tech stuff, and to see if we were a good fit. Finally, my previous manager did a reference check call.

PASSED The first stage was with their recruiter, who was the one who reached out to me. 30 mins call PASSED The third stage was with their internal engineer, the tech test took 40mins. PASSED The second stage was with a third party interviewing company called Karat. Tech test 1 hour. FAILED??????? The last stage was with their CTO Thomas, apparently, this was supposed to be a cultural fit interview. HOWEVER, he asked me technical questions, and he claimed that I failed to answer something with their internal engineer interview, but that didn't happen (or I was never told), he also asked me a question from the Karat interview which was the first question of more than 10 and it was 1min question. And the feedback that I got was that "I was not technically good". During the whole interview, he tried to prove me wrong about the things that I said about myself. Why have they arranged the final interview if I was technically not good? I checked their org chart, the Engineering team is all white male, and their recruiter told me that no one was asked technical questions on the final interview. Which brings a lot of questions!!!!!!!!! Their recruiter insisted on not sending me the feedback as an email and she forced me to arrange another call for the feedback, which is I assume so that I cannot use this as proof.