Toptal Web Developer Interview Questions
& Process

So first there's a screening call, but the interviewer was super cagey, wouldn't tell me how many people work there, how many devs they have, how many projects are going on, or what I'd even be doing. Then I got a take-home assessment. After that, there was a live assessment where the 'technical interviewer' hit me with the 'everything is confidential' line and told me not to explain my work while they screen-share and record. They didn't really ask any technical questions about my background or the assessment though. Then they dropped another take-home project, a big one, like 20-25 HOURS of work, and wanted the next interview scheduled within a week. The task was to build and deploy something, and then I'd have to 'interview' with someone playing 'the client', and they might want changes to the take-home assignment. I bailed at this point. Honestly, the whole thing felt sketchy, like a scam. Just weird vibes all around.

So I had my first interview and then a technical test. The interview was pretty short, like 10-15 minutes, and they just asked about my past experience and my future goals. Then, for the technical interview, I had to do 3 algorithmic tests, and they checked how well they worked and if they were correct.

I recently went through the 4-stage application process at Toptal. First, a quick 15min Skype interview about my qualifications. Second, a 60min live coding session on Codility to solve three tasks. Third, a 40min live coding session with screenshare for two easier tasks. Finally, a project presentation stage where I had 2 weeks to realize a web project and then present it.