I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nexcess in Sept 2017
Interview
The interview process was very relaxed and pleasant, and it suggested that Nexcess are interested in building a "world class software developer team".
It involved the following stages
- initial chat with team lead and senior software engineer (~1 hour)
- list of questions to be answered over the weekend
- additional chat with team lead and senior software engineer as well as three more engineers (~1 hour)
- automated background check
An offer was made, and I suggested to raise the suggested hourly rate by 6.67%. Then I was told that a mistake had been made with the hourly rate, and the offer was amended, now offering 50% of the initially suggested hourly rate.
It was stated that there is no room for negotiation.
I politely pointed out that it will be impossible to build a team of world class software developers with such a low offer, and declined.
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
What kind of objects would you have if you were to build a software for a chess game?