OnShift Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

I had an hour long phone interview and then an on-site that lasted about four hours. The people in the interview were very friendly and direct with feedback. The technical interview was done for general competency. The solutions are coded in the candidate's language of choice! Afterwards, the status of my application and eventually the offer were clearly communicated.

I was contacted by a recruiter about a local company doing new "greenfield" development and offering good pay. I agreed to an interview, which was scheduled quickly. I went downtown for the interview, which was a bit of an interesting location. I met with 4 people, and there was supposed to be another interview afterwards. They asked a lot of questions, and I asked my own. It turned out not all the work was new development; there was also old script code to maintain. We chatted, and then suddenly the interview ended. The next person was unavailable, and I was dismissed abruptly. It was a very unprofessional experience. I never heard back from them or the recruiter. It seemed like they were focused on phones and laptops, with signals and expressions behind their backs, similar to what someone else reported. Maybe I seemed discouraged when I heard about the actual position, or maybe they realized I was older than a "greenie" despite my experience. It would have been nice to be told if there was an issue. I wasn't too disappointed because the reality of the job didn't match the recruiter's description. It was kind of funny to be dismissed so quickly and unprofessionally. The recruiter sold the company as the next big tech name in Cleveland, which hasn't really happened yet. I think they need to find some real professionals to conduct their interviews.

The hiring process was pretty good, though there were long gaps between communications. I had 2 phone interviews, one with HR and another with a developer, and then 3 group interviews onsite with devs from different teams.