Ontop Interview Questions
& Process

I was sent an Android challenge to do in Jetpack Compose. It can be done in a day or two. They ask for some silly things like 'you can't use toUppercase functions' among others. Then the engineering lead interviews you and asks more general questions related to work experience. They take forever to respond. The HR interview was bad, zero tact.

So there were 5 rounds in total. First was a screening with HR, then I had a first round with the hiring manager. After that, there was a second round with the Team head. Then, I had to present a ppt which was given by the hiring manager to the hiring manager and the team head. Finally, the last round was an interview with the Global Sales head.

I was contacted by a recruiter from Ontop. The interview process consisted of a few calls and a take-home exercise. The take-home wasn't complicated but lacked details, suggesting they wanted us to ask for more information. Talking with the team, I learned they don't have a structured engineering setup, with each team working independently on their implementations. Later in the process, the recruiter handling my application suddenly left the company. On her last day, she messaged me saying someone else would be in touch. A few days later, a new recruiter contacted me to schedule a call. During this call, he informed me that the next step would be the contract and a background check, and he mentioned a verbal offer for much less than the initial range communicated by the first recruiter. I inquired if this could be reviewed, as it differed from the original amount discussed, and he promised to get back to me soon, asking about my availability to join. I mentioned needing to give my current employer a two-week notice, and he simply acknowledged this. Today, I received another message stating they are proceeding with a different candidate. Fortunately, I hadn't informed my current employer, as no contract was in place yet. Overall, I wouldn't recommend joining Ontop unless you're actively looking elsewhere. Their processes aren't standardized, and their salary ranges are very low for the current market. They have a new CTO who appears knowledgeable, and hopefully, he can sort out the recruiting issues.

Martha was very polite. She started by asking about my English level. Then she told me about Ontop in English, and we had a fluent conversation. After that, I spoke about my history and experience as a UX designer in English. She noticed I was a bit nervous and offered to switch to Spanish, which we used for parts of the conversation. It was a nice chat. She concluded by saying she'd be in touch regarding the process outcome, and I'm currently awaiting that news.