My experience had a lot of friction, and the biggest theme was mismatch—between what the interviewer said the process was like and what it actually felt like. The early recruiter interaction was followed by a technical sequence where the work leaned heavily toward React-related debugging and an engineering-style exercise. I kept expecting it to be collaborative, but the live technical portion felt rigid and nitpicky, with interviewers focused on a strict script of details rather than how I would reason through a real problem.
The live round specifically included multiple parts—technical questions, design-system style discussion, React debugging, and a TypeScript task. I felt like I handled most of it well, and the interviewer even acknowledged strong effort while we were working. Still, I was rejected shortly after, because they said I needed too much guidance on the React part, which didn’t square with the way the session was structured. The interaction didn’t feel like true pair programming even though the format implied collaboration and idea-sharing.
9 months ago
Difficult Neutral Brazil
My journey started with an HR recruiting screen, and it quickly became clear that technical content was baked into the early stages. In my case the HR stage already felt like it was setting up evaluation rather than just getting acquainted, and I also heard that they used automated/AI-style evaluation to score answers to the questions.
Once I moved past that first gate, the next step was an elimination-style exercise with a short deadline. I had to complete a take-home within a few work days, and after that, if the exercise looked good, a technical interview would take place with a tech team member. The technical round itself varied in emphasis, but I remember it included both broader questions like system design and more hands-on tasks like a small CRUD-style app or focused backend work depending on the role.
11 months ago
Difficult Positive Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
My process started like a standard HR screen where I talked through my background and motivation. From there, it quickly turned into something more ha…
> 1 year
Average Negative United Kingdom
My process had the shape of multiple steps, but it repeatedly felt like the rules weren’t applied consistently. I started with an HR-style call, then …
> 1 year
Easy Neutral New York, NY
My timeline stretched much longer than I expected. The process took almost a month, and I made it through at least the second manager interview before…
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