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It started with 2 introductions, then 2 technical interviews, and finally a culture fit assessment. The interviewers were very interactive and kept me updated throughout, while also challenging me to ensure I was a good fit for the role.

The communication was pretty bad. They said there would be a presentation for the technical interview, but they never sent over the prompt. I had to chase them for it and found out I wasn't the only one who had this issue. After two interviews and two follow-up emails, I was ghosted. Then, two months later, I got an automated rejection.

This was the most thorough, confusing, and misleading interview process I've ever been through. It took about a month. First, there was a call with the recruiter about salary and career path. Then, I had a 40-minute personality assessment. After that, I had to prepare a presentation for a panel of 5 based on a scenario. This took about 2 hours to prep the content/demo, and the actual call was about an hour and a half of questions and feedback. The goal seemed to be understanding my selling style and how I present. Finally, there was a 2-day in-person culture fit interview with 6.5 hours of back-to-back meetings with the executive staff. I only found out who I was meeting the night before, and most didn't have questions. Even though I got positive feedback throughout, the offer was 25% lower than discussed. I felt insulted and confused about what changed. Pushing back got me a 'max budget' response, which felt misleading and destroyed my trust. It seemed like poor communication and inexperience from the team. It was frustrating to invest so much time in prep, interviews, and travel for a significantly lower offer. I suggest a smoother process and honesty about compensation.

The interview process happened in 3 main stages: 1. Phone screen I spoke with a developer over the phone. It was fairly short (~30 mins), and covered pretty basic stuff. What technologies do you use and why? That sort of thing. Kanat (the engineer I spoke with) was smart and engaging, and gave me plenty of information about the company and how it works. 2. Code project / Questionnaire I next did a short (~10 minute) timed quiz with basic CS questions. It was short and not that complicated, even for someone like me who's been out of school for a while. After that, I had ~2 hours to write and submit a simple code project. The technology stack was not dictated, and overall the code project was pretty open ended. I enjoyed it. 3. Final interview Finally, I went over the code project with the same engineer (Kanat) that did the phone screen. I walked him through the decisions that I had made and why, and he had plenty of insightful questions. This process took maybe an hour and a half, but that might be because I'm talkative.