I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Kepion in Dec 2021
Interview
This was the easiest developer interview I've ever had. I was asked a couple simple culture fit questions that I don't recall (this interview was over a year ago now) and a trivial coding question. This interview for a fulltime developer position was easier than interviews I'd had in the past for internships.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(Typescript) Given a number N, print an N-by-N grid of blank spaces and X characters, such that the X characters form an X through the whole grid. e.g. if N is 5 (using dashes for formatting reasons here): X---X -X-X- --X-- -X-X- X---X
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kepion in Sept 2021
Interview
The interview process wasnt too bad all things considered. First, they reached out on Indeed, set up a phone screening, and had me take 2 different aptitude tests along with a personality test. Then they set up an hour long video interview where I talked to 2 team members and gave a presentation over one of my recent projects. It was nothing crazy at this point, however, they gave me the impression that they didn’t like me… which is fine, admittedly I wasnt the most qualified.
What bothers me is they left the call saying they’d get back to me soon about the next steps one way or another and then proceeded to ghost me. I get that I wasnt that MVP candidate they were looking for but it’s not that hard to send a courtesy email to someone who just spent hours of their time on this process. I get that it’s a small yet growing company, but the interview process left a sour taste in my mouth and I can only hope they address their hiring practices before eventually taking on bigger tasks.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Kepion
Interview
3 rounds of interviews (15 minute chat, 45 minute in depth, 1 hour presentation and further in depth with founder and VPs present).
Throughout the process they were rather slow and bad a communication. At the end they said "we'll get back to you by Friday" (it was Tuesday). Then they ghosted me and didn't respond to any of my professional follow up emails. 10/10 wouldn't recommend to anyone cause they might just waste your time and not have the decency to even tell you why or if you are getting the job. Highly unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you failed and how you responded that that failure.