Stackline Interview Questions
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The interview process was disorganized. I had an initial screening call, and then days later, received an assignment right before a holiday weekend. I emailed back the Tuesday after the holiday to say I'd deliver it the following Monday, as the recruiter had forgotten to mention the original due date was that Friday. I did get an extension, but the data provided was incomplete, with product titles cut off and sizes not labeled for over a hundred products. It was daunting, and after completing the assignment, which took an entire workday, I received an automated rejection email with no explanation or chance to discuss my work. Very disappointing, especially given it was extra work on top of my current job.

Had an initial chat with HR, then a casual talk with the hiring manager. Got a case study to work on for a week, which involved looking at some data and making a presentation (no actual presentation needed, but they might ask about it in the final round). The in-person final interview was supposed to be four interviews back-to-back, but it got cut down to two because some people weren't available. All the interviews were about 30 minutes.

The first step was a phone screen where an employee explained the role, and I wasn't asked any questions. Then, there was a video interview with the hiring manager, which was pretty standard and not too difficult. After that, I had to complete an Excel project where I was given data and asked to create a client presentation and show my Excel work. The final step was an in-person interview with three different employees. They got back to me really fast after each step, which honestly felt a bit strange, like it was just practice.

It was meant to be a multi-stage interview process. This included a take-home assignment, a call with the recruiter, two interviews over Zoom, and then a three-part on-site interview. I only got through the first Zoom interview. I felt like I did well on it, but two days later, I got an email saying I wouldn't be moving on to the next one. I'm not really sure what went wrong or why. It would have been nice to have more transparency, especially since I put a lot of time into the take-home. Also, the recruiter mentioned it would be a Leetcode-style question in TypeScript, but the actual question wasn't like Leetcode at all (I also thought it was strange it had to be in TS). The interview questions themselves weren't that hard, but it feels like a pretty long process for a company that isn't very well-known, especially compared to FAANG or big tech companies. It seems more appropriate for a startup.