Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 1 día. Acudí a una entrevista en Merge API
Entrevista
Only had a recruiter call which ended in less than 15 minutes.
Recruiter immediately asked if I was fine with working in the office 5 days a week. I mentioned that I prefer being remote but that in-person would be fine as well. Recruiter clearly did not like my answer and decided that I wasn't worth the time. I repeatedly stressed that in-person was an option for me and even after repeating myself multiple times the recruiter refused to move forward with the interview and ended the call by saying that I should rethink my decision on whether or not I want to work at Merge API.
I received an email shortly after and was provided with a few links about Merge's "culture" and the job description which I found extremely condescending. Why would I apply to a role that I did not read the description for? I decided to take the recruiter's advice and realized that this is not a place I would want to work for, let alone even attempt to interview for.
Recruiter was nice albeit seemingly distracted. Like some entries before me I'm under the impression that the beginning stages are not undergoing any meaningful screening. When I applied, 3 things stood out to me...
1) Got an interview request within half an hour
2) The only available appointments were weeks out
3) When looking at a hiring manager's post on Linkedin, he mentioned he'd interviewed something like 48 interviews within the last 2 weeks.
How many people are going through this pipeline? In the age of AI screening I think it's nice that they are giving people a chance to talk to a human. But it also signals to me that they don't really know what they're looking for. Is this some sort of new technique to waste everyone's time?
At the very least, decisions seem to be made and communicated quickly.
I signed a non disclosure agreement so I cannot discuss any specific questions or problems. All communications were friendly. The rejection I received was generic and lacked any specific feedback.
Phone screen, technical screen, then on-site with 3 rounds (1 coding, 1 behavioral, and 1 systems design). After that, 1 more behavioral with founder. I felt like I did well on the interviews but they probably went with a candidate that had more years of experience than I did.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Typical LC type question and system design question
