| Around the middle of 2017 I interviewed with them to be a part time interviewer. It was something they promoted on HN for a while. They put me through the standard interview process along with additional discussion about the interviewer position. Overall they're much better than most startups but have room for improvement. The good: They kept me well-informed throughout the process and set proper expectations. They were prompt with followups and stuck to the schedule they set. My interviewers were knowledgable, clearly software engineers. The bad: Too much focus on algos and CS fundamentals, not enough on higher level concepts and what makes someone a good fit for an available position. I understand it's really hard to have a generic evaluation that covers multiple potential roles. That said, I believe that these questions do not select for good employees for most roles. They are biased to select for recent college grads and people who are willing to study before interviewing. For example, they asked me about bloom filters. 95%+ of startup software jobs will never have to deal with bloom filters. Why would you ask about them? Ask something that will actually be encountered on the job. To add a little background I was responsible for our hiring process in my last position, including interviewing, so I'm a bit opinionated about this. |