Treasure Data Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process was pretty good. Mostly, they asked about my previous work experience. There were also some scenario-based and logical questions. It consisted of two main parts: a general discussion and a technical evaluation. They wanted to know about the automation tools I've used and my approach to code maintenance.

Went through a phone screening with a recruiter for 30 minutes, then spoke with the hiring manager for 30 minutes. After that, had a 45-minute behavioral questions session with some SREs, then a 45-minute systems questions session with SREs, and finally a 45-minute software(?) questions session with SREs. I'm sure there would have been more rounds but didn't progress. Each of these steps happened on different days. The first two felt like warm-ups, and the last three were the main part. It was unfortunate that the main parts were on different days and also not clear what focus each interview would have, even though I was told there would be systems, software, and behavior. Since the order wasn't known, it was a guessing game for those three days. The interview experience got progressively worse. I did like the talk with the hiring manager though, felt like they asked the right questions to see if I'd be a good fit. The behavioral questions stage was enjoyable too, felt genuine and made sense. The systems questions stage was okay. The software(?) questions stage felt a bit like an interrogation, just trying to confirm specific knowledge on certain protocols and concepts, and it felt like they were trying to find what I was missing rather than what I had. They said it was open-ended but it didn't feel that way too much.

Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn, and we had a first call with talent acquisition that went great. They set up a second interview with the hiring manager, which I thought was fantastic. He told me I was exactly what they were looking for and that I'd move to the next round after one last person. I started to worry when he didn't reply to my thank you email. After three emails and reaching out to the recruiter, they said I didn't align with the role. I'm shocked they haven't given me a clear answer and have been deceptive throughout the process. The recruiter offered to help me find other roles, but I don't see myself going through this again.

I got to the last stage of interviews and had a pretty good experience during the process. Most of my talks were with the director and head of the department, and they were both great, thoughtful, easy to talk to, and people I would have been excited to work with. The problem was the follow-up. After the final round, I never heard back from the recruiter. It's been over two months, so I'm guessing they didn't go forward, but not closing the loop after a final interview feels unprofessional and pretty disrespectful of a candidate's time. What made it more frustrating is that I was upfront early on that I didn't think my background was as technical as what they might be looking for. Even so, I was encouraged to continue through the process and made it all the way to the end. After that, getting completely ghosted by the recruiter was disappointing and left a bad impression of the overall experience.