Multiple rounds of interviews meeting various team members. HR screening then technical interviews followed by behavioral interviews. Learnt a lot what the company product offering and their start up culture.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cherre in Aug 2024
Interview
First they sent me a 3 hr long coding assessment which had 2 coding questions and some theoretical questions on LLMs, ML and GenAI. The next round was hiring manager which was about 30 minutes. The starting was good but in the end the manager asked one open ended question and I had to think a bit and answer as it wasn't something which can be said in one go. But manager was too busy with his next meeting or something and didn't bother to listen my entire answer. Two days later I got a reject and I'm not sure where I went wrong or what was their judging criteria. I didn't like their interviewing style although the people were friendly.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cherre
Interview
WORST TECHNICAL INTERVIEWER EVER!
I was contacted for the position. The preliminary communication from was clear about what they are looking for and the leadership's interview was a good experience too where he was on point with the requirements and was able to gauge me thoroughly based on overall abilities.
Now comes the worst part - The next round was technical where it was an open ended coding round. The problem statement was quite clear but the worst part was the interviewer conducting technical interview could not even frame sentences properly, so while explaining the task it was almost impossible to decipher his instructions. To add to that, the designated time for the interview was 90 minutes, but he ended the interview in 40 minutes. Are you serious? The task that I was given, I had previously worked on it over the period of time in my professional experience and that certainly took more than 90 minutes. By expecting from a candidate to finish that task, atleast he should've gauged me properly. WORST INTERVIEWER of my life, making decisions on perception rather than reality.
Companies should remember that the process is both ways, its not just the company hiring the candidate its what they are also getting in return, the value and skillset of candidates. Companies should stop taking candidates for granted and treating them in such a way. This was disrespect to the entire interview process. I recommend candidates interviewing for Cherre to expect this in the technical interview.