Algolia Solutions Engineer interview experience

It began with an initial phone screen that was fine, followed by a technical phone screen with a handful of algorithm-style questions that also didn’t feel too bad. Then I was sent a technical take-home challenge on GitHub, but it quickly became obvious the work wasn’t really aligned with what an outside candidate could reasonably prepare for.

The challenge required using their service and then answering questions about it, which meant I spent the majority of my time wading through poorly organized documentation and struggling with unreliable library behavior. In my case, even though the