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& Process

The process began with a recruiter call, which went well. Next, I had an interview with the hiring manager, and that also went well. Following that, I interviewed with the VP of Marketing. Although I felt it went well, I was ultimately not selected to move forward. A potential issue might have been the fully remote requirement, as I don't live in New York, which may have worked against me. Everyone I spoke with was very nice, and I was really excited about the role, so it was a bummer to get so far and not make it. But hey, sometimes that's how it goes.

So the interview process was broken down into four parts. First, I had a written prompt, then a video chat, and then I went in person. The in-person interview was pretty long, from 3pm to about 6pm. During that time, I met with two groups of two people, plus I met with one person at the very beginning and one person at the end. The first person I met didn't really interview me, but they did give me an analytics test. This test was about seeing how well I could measure the cost effectiveness of different affiliate models as time goes on.

First I had a chat with HR. Then, a technical phone screen covered Vanilla JS, NodeJS, and React/Redux. After that, there was a long onsite with 8 people, lasting 3-4 hours. It started with a Product Designer discussing background and culture. Then, a 30-minute chat with a back-end dev and another product designer. Next, I met two developers for a simple algorithm challenge. Following that, two more developers, including the director of engineering, gave me another algorithm challenge. Finally, a Sr Engineer and I discussed a system design for a past project of mine. This whole process felt like a huge waste of time for a Front-End role. I answered all the basic front-end questions perfectly because I'm super experienced. The main issue was failing an algorithm question where I had to design a function to find the line with the most intersections from an array of points. They didn't tell me the function's input format upfront or give me the y=mx+b formula, though maybe they wanted to see if I'd ask the right questions, which I did, but I couldn't find a solution. It's baffling how this relates to my ability to build practical client-side apps. If you're a front-end engineer wanting to show off your skills, maybe skip this one because they don't test actual front-end abilities. The team is young, with most interviewers having been there less than 6-8 months, and it's obvious they don't have a solid system for evaluating engineers for specific roles.

I went through a 9-step interview process, including a phone screen, a hiring manager interview, a take-home assignment, a panel interview, and four other interviews. I was rejected by an automated email, which was pretty disappointing after so many rounds. The internal recruiter didn't even bother to contact me. After that many interviews, I expected a personal rejection, not just an automated one. No feedback was given, just a generic 'you have not been selected for this position'. It felt like they didn't value my time at all, with last-minute cancellations and schedule changes, and interviews that weren't what they were described as. But an auto-rejection after six hours of interviews and a project was the worst part.