Relatively standard stuff: Recruiter screen, tech screen, tech deep dive, conversation with HM
The recruiter was exceedingly hyper and interrupted me numerous times. They asked about my experience with specific tech. I answered honestly. They parroted back the wrong answer and an even more incorrect summary. I clarified _twice_. Their summary didn't change an iota.
Received a rejection email the next day without clarification.
Adding insult to injury, they then sent a text message at 6 AM the following morning seeking feedback regarding their recruiting process.
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I interviewed at Liftoff
Interview
I had 5 interviews
Initial phone screen 45 minutes
3 interviews that were 1 hour programming questions
1 interview that was a 4 hour programming challenge, the interviewer would check in every hour or so.
1 interview with a hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They had 3 questions similar to medium difficulty on leetcode.
Also 1 project that was a 4 hour proctored interview where you did a larger project.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Liftoff in Aug 2024
Interview
This was what I was informed —
Screening round-
1hour technical screening (with coderpad)
Final round-
60mins whiteboarding session1
60mins whiteboarding session2
4hour coding challenge (peer programming.)
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Status:
Technical assessment - Cleared.
Whiteboarding - Appeared ( Rejected).
Coding Challenge - Not appeared.
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Pros:
1. Recruitment team was good and cooperative.
2. Interviewers were knowledgeable and asked decent questions.
3. Company seems to be good.
Cons:
1. Expectation from Interview process was not clear.
For 2 whiteboarding sessions, was asked to write a code either on notepad or IDE of choice and share screen.
Got rejected after providing a working code for both sessions with multiple testcases.
Was not clear if objective of the interview was algorithm focus or solution driven or to analyze how one can handle abstract problems?
2. All coding focused interviews. No system design/architecture/algorithms focused assessments for senior engineers felt odd.
