Mural Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

First, I had a quick chat with HR. Then, a tech lead called to go over my experience and ask some technical stuff. After that, there were two coding challenges, one in Javascript and another one in React. Finally, I had a call with the rest of the team.

After applying online, I went through a normal screening process. It involved about 3-4 interviews. For the final step, they mentioned they had an opening for my use case presentation in 3 weeks, which I agreed to. I then spent over 10 hours preparing the assignment. They followed up weekly to check on my progress. However, just 5 minutes before my presentation, I received a generic email stating I was no longer being considered. I received no feedback on my submitted materials. This was the most disrespectful process I've experienced. Some friends mentioned this company has a reputation for rescinding offers without explanation and recruiters ghosting candidates. I guess I avoided a bad situation with these people.

The interview process included a recruiter call, a hiring manager behavioral round, a Karat technical round, and a staff engineer technical round, leading to an offer or rejection. I was interviewed for the growth team. The process was smooth until I was rejected for not being technical enough. I looked at their public app and talked about security, performance, and features. The staff engineer seemed defensive, defending their choices. He thought putting React on a CDN like Azure CDN was a security risk, even though they use Azure. He also thinks it's fine to use old React versions because Facebook isn't secure. Apparently, 'Security' is the go-to answer when you don't know something. He was okay with 40 script files in their index.html, many blocked by CSP or my antivirus, and even told me to check my antivirus. I suspect they're hiring incompetent people to avoid issues while the company is laying off developers, with 90 laid off in May and hiring in June.