The process included a recruiter interview, followed by a technical assessment involving front-end development using HubSpot’s APIs and an AI model, as well as an ERD and a detailed README explaining the design and reasoning. After submitting the assessment, I had an interview to review the project, another interview with a director focused on situational questions, and a final presentation based on a customer scenario.

Was approached via LinkedIn about this role. Subsequently spoke with the recruiter during a 1st round phone screen that lasted about thirty minutes. I was aware that this company had culture issues (from looking into them a few years ago and from a more recent review of Glassdoor posts), but figured there was little downside to taking the call and seeing where things lead. The first red flag presented to me was that the compensation range the recruiter shared on the call was less than what was listed in the job description initially shared with me. The second one was a promise to give me an answer by end of week. When I checked in the following week, the response I got indicated that the recruiter had yet to even touch base with the hiring manager.