I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at MongoDB
Interview
I went through seven meetings in total, with the final step being a challenge interview. The process required a significant amount of time, preparation, and emotional energy.
I understand that not every candidate can be selected. However, I do not understand why a company would take a candidate all the way to the final challenge interview and then provide no meaningful feedback at all.
The lack of feedback after such a long and demanding process was extremely disappointing and made the overall candidate experience feel careless and disrespectful.
This was honestly the worst interview experience I have had. I would not recommend it to other candidates. If you want to experience a long, time-consuming interview process with no constructive feedback at the end, then this may be the process for you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why mongoDB?
What kind of customers do you manage?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at MongoDB
Interview
Went through several interviews and was ultimately ghosted. Felt like a huge waste of my time.
The recruiter was very proactive and communicative in scheduling. Then I met with the hiring manager. They did not show up for the first zoom meeting. Then I had the recruiter set up a second meeting onsite that went well. Then we had a technical interviewer, who also did not show up to the first meeting and had to be rescheduled. Finally we did a demo of the product where they gave positive feedback on the presentation. The hiring manager then reached out to me over the phone saying they wanted to move forward but crickets after that. I reached out via email, linkedin, and text but no response from anyone.
Feel like this company really lacks communication and that I likely dodged a bullet and found a better company to work for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about databases and can you describe the difference between a relational database and a document database
Pretty standard interview process. The Senior CSM for the case study/peer round was perhaps the most unorganized person I ever spoke to. She asked questions that made no sense whatsoever.
How about having actual organized CSM’s for the peer interview round. Didn’t end up getting it I guess due to the awkward peer round.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at MongoDB in Jan 2025
Interview
Overall, the process was super thorough and my experience was positive.
I was reached out to by MongoDB. It started with a recruiter call, then the Hiring Manager, a technical peer interview, second peer interview, then a final challenge. I heard back within the same business day after each round and the team was extremely helpful throughout. I know it sounds like a lot, but you will leave knowing exactly what the job is and knowing whether it’s going to be a good fit. All in all I thought the process was very smooth and mutually beneficial.