Skyryse Interview Questions
& Process

I had a 15-minute recruiter call first, then a 40-minute HR/technical interview where they asked me stuff about my coursework like data structures, OOP, and operating systems. After that, I had a virtual onsite which included a presentation of my personal project, a DSA technical interview, and a behavioral interview at the end.

I was contacted by a recruiter and went through a few rounds of interviews. First, an online chat with the recruiter, then an online interview with the manager. After that, I had an onsite interview with the team, and finally, I met with the VP of engineering. The EE team was really nice. I had to give a presentation, and they asked me some EE technical questions. There was also a 'values' interview and the interview with the VP. The last two interviews made me lose confidence in the company, and I felt disappointed, especially after the VP interview because it seemed like they didn't put much effort into it. In the end, I declined the offer due to the lack of enthusiasm in the 'values' and VP interviews, and concerns about the company's high turnover rate. They are well-funded, but I wasn't overly impressed with what they've accomplished.

So the interview process here was way longer than it needed to be. It started with HR, then a technical chat with a lead about my previous projects. After that, I had a combined behavioral and technical interview with the manager. The on-campus interview was chaotic. They had scheduled 5 interviews, 3 technical and 2 HR/manager. Of the 3 technical ones, 2 people didn't even show up. I ended up having a Zoom call with one after getting back home, and the other person cut the Zoom short. The three people I met on campus were folks I'd already spoken with, and those went really well. During the Zoom call, I missed one question about a specific term, but otherwise, it was great. When I was leaving the onsite, they made it sound like I already had the job. Then, after the onsite, I got a cognitive and behavioral test, which made me think the onsite went well since they wanted to assess me further. Two days later, they called and said everything was good, except for that one term definition I couldn't recall. The whole thing was super frustrating because it took so much time, and I felt like if that one term was so critical, they should have tested that first. Total waste of time and very unprofessional.

This interview process went on for about 10 weeks, with a long period of silence for over a month in between stages. I had a phone interview, a technical interview, a panel interview, and then an onsite interview with over 7 people. They also did background checks with my references. Sadly, I got rejected because they decided they wanted a more senior designer after all, even though the role was initially presented as entry-level. It felt like a waste of time for everyone involved. They should have figured out the seniority level upfront, but their management seems disorganized. They repeatedly asked if I was willing to work more than 40 hours a week and handle pressure in a startup. The company's design maturity is quite low; they don't currently have designers with strong UX backgrounds. During a whiteboard challenge, they kept interrupting and wanted me to jump straight to prototyping without following a design thinking process. I'm actually relieved they rejected me, as I noticed many red flags that made me question working there.