Finch (CA) interview questions

The interview process started with a 15-minute recruiter screen, followed by a 30-minute interview with a team member. I ultimately decided to withdraw my application after receiving the take-home test. The next step would have been a project demo based on the take-home. During the team interview, the interviewer asked similar questions in various ways. While I wasn’t sure if this was intended to test my consistency, I ended up referring back to previous answers, which seemed acceptable since I progressed to the next round. The take-home assignment itself was straightforward—primarily focused on reading their API documentation to display mock data in a test environment. At the end of the interview, as the team member was reviewing the take-home assignment, they asked if I was still open to completing it. I replied that I was, but their reaction—a laugh—caught me off guard, as I felt fully capable of handling the task. This interaction gave me some hesitation, particularly considering that the team is quite small, with only two members including this person.

1. Recruiter Screen 2. Manager Skills interview (topgrading) 3. Virtual Onsite (Coding, Technical Defense, System Design, People and Process, Culture) __ After the interviews above, I had a separate call with the CEO to align on my expectations around work-life balance, they also had a call with three of my references. They decided not to move forward citing cultural misalignment given my experience in a big company did not match what they wanted for a startup like Finch. Now, while all the interviews went well, not moving forward based on information that was on my resume, and was discussed in the first conversation, is not respectful of anyone's time. If you choose to interview here, I suggest asking for a culture alignment call at the beginning of the process, so you can protect your time and expectations. Other than this, the interviews were well structured and I enjoyed the conversations with everyone on the team.