Newfold Digital Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process was pretty organized and moved along fast. Back when the company was Dreamscape, the HR folks were really easy to talk to and made you feel welcome. The pay they offered was kinda low though, and they didn't seem to care too much about how much experience you had. All in all, it was a smooth interview, and the whole thing took about a week from beginning to end.

The interview was in Portuguese and English. There are 3 interviews until the final hiring: The first one is with someone from Talent Acquisition. The second one is with the team of the desired area you want to work in and the last one is with the manager of the area. Most of the questions are about the candidate's previous experiences. They talk about the salary and benefits of the job. The salary for my position was R$ 4,500. The interview lasted 15 minutes and the interviewer was super nice.

I got referred to Newfold Digital by a friend, and then a recruiter hit me up for an interview. It kicked off with a screening where the recruiter asked me basic stuff about my background to see if I fit the gig. They told me there'd be just one technical round, and then they'd decide. The technical interview had two engineering managers on the call. The first question was a coding challenge, and the second was React-specific. What threw me off was not knowing beforehand that I'd have to code locally or on a platform of my choice, which I only found out during the interview. I ended up using JSFiddle for JavaScript and CodeSandbox for React. Setting up CodeSandbox ate up a few minutes of my one-hour interview, and it felt like a big deal since they seemed to focus on how fast I could get to an optimized solution. The interviewers weren't super helpful while I was coding; unlike some big tech interviews where they guide you, these guys kept interrupting me with random questions, which made me mess up. The whole interview felt kinda stiff and not really about checking my actual skills. After it, I was ghosted by the recruiter for a few weeks. When I tried to follow up, I got no reply, which really left a bad taste in my mouth about the whole thing.

I started with a recruiter call, then had two back-to-back 30-minute interviews with the hiring manager and their supervisor, which both went really well. Since my HM interview was cut short, I got another 30-minute interview with her the next week, which also went great. She said a decision would be made fast because it's such a key role. After a week of no news, I checked in with the recruiter. Later that day, the recruiter asked if I could interview with an executive the next day before they went on vacation. I juggled things around to make it work. That interview also went super well, and the exec said they'd talk to the team while OOO. The following week, the recruiter let me know the supervisor wanted to chat again about the role. This call felt a bit strange; the supervisor seemed a little off. They said they just wanted to 'check-in' since it had been a while since our first chat, which was 'early in the process.' They asked about my interviews with the executive and someone else, what we talked about, and what I thought of them, noting their different personalities. I mentioned the executive chat went great, but I hadn't met the other person they mentioned, so I couldn't compare. They told me I'd need to interview with that person and then started asking questions, apologizing that they might be repeats from our earlier interview since they hadn't taken notes. This was a bit weird because they weren't taking notes this time either, as they were eating while asking questions. They kept reminding me they were still interviewing other candidates because it's an important role. While I get that, it felt like too much. I felt like I was on the defensive the whole call, but I got through it. At the end of the 30 minutes, they mentioned scheduling the extra interview and that a decision would be made the next week. I wasn't thrilled about a 7th interview, but the job really fit my skills, and everyone else had been nice. After not hearing from the recruiter about scheduling, I reached out. They had been responsive before, but I got no reply. I waited a few days, knowing a decision was supposed to be made, and followed up again. Still nothing. I was ghosted. I'm fine with a 'no' but after 6 interviews and rearranging my schedule last minute, you'd think a prompt 'thanks but no thanks' email would have been sent. Weeks later, I finally got an automated email saying they moved on, but I'd already figured that out. What started as possibly the best interviews turned into a really unprofessional and unpleasant experience.