Airtable Software Engineer interview experience

The next step was the kind of hurdle that immediately made me skeptical: a six-hour coding exercise before I’d even spoken to anyone from the actual team.

To make it worse, I was told I’d get a $200 Amazon gift certificate for completing the exercise, but the exercise itself still didn’t come with the kind of context that made it feel like a thoughtful hiring step. I spent about an hour and a half on the assignment and submitted it, and I did end up receiving the automated $200 certificate.

After that, I didn’t hear anything back, and I felt like I’d made the right call by moving on