Validity Software Engineer interview questions

Phone screen with a recruiter, separate call with the hiring manager, take home assignment (finding the duplicates in a csv), video interview with the hiring manager and four team members. Assignment was a standard take home (they estimate 2-4 hours to complete) and during the video interview I was asked by two team members how I could make my work better which implies that it was 1) not great 2) they want someone to make free recommendations on the fly. No positive or constructive feedback was offered. I was also asked some undergrad level questions which didn't seem to have much to do with the role (they have standard libraries for that stuff now..) but more to do with flexing on the candidate. The entire review of the assignment and other "technical" questions felt more like an interrogation than a conversation. After the "technical" portion of the interview, I spoke to two newer members of the team who are... new to the company. As a result, I couldn't really get a true sense of the company history, business impact of the team's work, products and all the other things that differentiate a place where you go to a job from somewhere you can build a career. Video interview lasted 2.5 hours and there were no breaks at all (if you have to pee I guess you have to hold it). 48 hours later I was sent a canned HR rejection which could be considered pretty impersonal after I spent 8+ hours of my time working on the assignment, phone calls, etc. Based on my interview experience coupled with the recent bad Glassdoor reviews, I would not recommend applying/interviewing here unless you need the practice. In my initial call with the recruiter it sounded like the position was vacant because the last person was dismissed; however, this was never explicitly said which suggests present communication/transparency issues within the team and perhaps, within the company, at large.

Phone Interview with HR; Technical Take-Home; Phone Interview with Hiring Manager; OnSite I didn't get past the phone interview with HR. Note to HR: if you're going to grill a candidate on what their salary expectations are, know more about the position first. After a bunch of questions where the recruiter had no idea the answer to, the recruiter asked me what other questions I had that he *could* answer, and all I can think about is "well, I don't know, what CAN you answer?" To this day I still don't know if this was for a junior or senior role.