I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at athenahealth (Watertown, MA)
Interview
Very weird company it seemed. I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn and he was very interested in bringing me in to interview with them. I was hesitant at first because I get a lot of those recruiters' messages, but I don't usually respond. So i thought I would give it a try.
He sent me a puzzle that they used to use for skills set evaluation. Then I was brought in for a formal interview. I talked to the Architect on the team first and he was more interested in a long discussion about the company and I was just falling asleep. It was weird because I didn't get to even ask him any question.
Then I had a technical interview with the lead developer. Very weird guy and had no clue how to explain the problem. The question was we have an array and each player can take turns putting 2 X's on it and the player who can't put two X's in a row wins. What he asked me to code was if the first player puts 2 X's print out the remaining possible ways to put 2 X's.
The next interview was a lunch with a senior developer and he was a little awkward too. Seemed very stressed about the work and said he really hates the code base and it's just spaghetti code. He didn't seem to enjoy the work really.
The last interview was with a developer who had the same issue explaining the problem and was more interested in solving the problem himself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 questions:
1. The question was we have an array and each player can take turns putting 2 X's on it and the player who can't put two X's in a row wins. What he asked me to code was if the first player puts 2 X's print out the remaining possible ways to put 2 X's.
2. Maximum rectangle area in a histogram. The answer is all over google. Basically there is an O(n) solution involving stacks.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at athenahealth (Boston, MA) in Apr 2026
Interview
I interviewed with one of the API-focused teams for a 30-minute hiring manager round. The interview began with questions about my applications to other teams, which had already been discussed with HR, and the mention that candidates may be redirected to other teams felt discouraging before the technical discussion even started.
During the discussion, the interviewer appeared dismissive and showed limited interest in understanding the context behind technical decisions (for example, quickly judging latency as “very high” without exploring system constraints). Overall, the interaction felt somewhat one-sided and not very candidate-friendly.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth (Austin, TX) in May 2025
Interview
There were 2 stages. The first was a recruiter screen. The second was with a specific team. In the second interview, we discussed projects in the team's pipeline, my experience and how it may lineup, and the current state of frontend technology.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What recent developments in frontend technology excite me
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at athenahealth (Watertown, MA)
Interview
HR will contact you once they shortlisted the resume and give intro regarding position and below interview process.
It has 3 coding rounds with medium level leetcode questions in one batch of interviews then 1 system design round and at end director level round.
