I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at August Health in Jan 2026
Interview
It was a cluster!! they have a contractor who handles all recruiting. I was approached by the recruiter via linkedin. although it was a bit scrappy I wasnt thrown off because I have start up experience. I actually loved the recruiter, she was honest and provided feedback very quickly. I vibed so well with the hiring manager and truly thought I found my place. We had tons of great convos and did a practical question/project step in the process. It was all going well until I met the team. content and ABM. content guy was quiet, you could tell he doesnt lead anything, hes more reactive. and I thought he was nice, easy to talk to. didnt feel like an interview at all. the AMB manager was late to my interview, very standoffish, asked some odd questions. there was no structure to the call. It went over the 45 minute slot and after it I was still energized, could look past the ABM manager. I thought maybe shes protective, wants to make sure this person is serious etc. anyway I got a call from the recruiter the next day saying they werent moving foward and the reason was what really stood out to me. Apparently the content and AMB girl didnt think I was energized by the role and I talked too much. LOL! I was so taken back and ultimately shattered for a moment, then realized that wasnt where I was supposed to land. and BLESS whoever has to report into that AMB girl.
Chat with manager going over the role and responsibilities went into my personal background and how this may translate into this role. Pretty open free form conversation over all and pleasant.
In my first coding interview, I was asked to add features to a React application. They requested that I share my VS Code with them. It's odd that I was not allowed to run the app locally to debug or anything. Whenever I finished writing the code, I had to ask the interviewer to refresh the page on which he was sharing the screen. It's unreasonable to expect to complete many tasks for a full application within a short amount of time. I got the features working, but I didn't have enough time to reach the last question.
It seems they aren't well-prepared for the coding interview, as they ask many tasks to be completed in a short period. They didn't give me any time to ask questions at the end of the interview. I feel my time was wasted with this company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Add some simple features to a React app. You want to share the code but can't run the app locally.
