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      Developer Interview

      15 Jul 2015
      Anonymous employee
      New York, NY
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Contently (New York, NY) in Jun 2015

      Interview

      Interviewing at Contently was an exciting and friendly experience. The process consisted of two phone screenings, and two in-person meetings. The first phone call was with the Director of People Operations and lasted about 20 minutes. We discussed my basic background, items on my resume, and why I was interested in the position. The second phone screening was later that afternoon with the VP of Engineering. In this phone call, we talked more about my technical skills and web development background–including specific examples of my work and how I approached programming related problems in the past. After these phone screenings, I was invited to the office to meet 1-on-1 with members of the team I would be working with. In these interviews, I was asked more about my background, coding questions related to TDD and refactoring, along with my career goals for the future. The team made me feel very comfortable and allowed me to ask many questions about their individual backgrounds, standards of code quality, how they collaborate, and more. My final interview and second in-office visit consisted of a short, 15-minute pair programming session and a meeting with two of the co-founders. The pairing was by-far the best technical interview I've ever had–it allowed me to gain an understanding of their code base while also illustrating how I would approach a given problem. Lastly, speaking with two of the co-founders gave me a high-level view of the company, its background and future goals. Overall, my experience interviewing with Contently was extremely positive–they made plenty of time to answer all of the questions and I could tell they cared deeply about finding a mutual fit for the role. It's the type of place where you wake up excited to go to work every day.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      What got you interested in web development?
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      Question 2

      What is a specific example of a project you refactored? What were the initial problems and how did you improve them?
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      Other Developer interview reviews for Contently

      Software Engineer Interview

      10 Dec 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Contently

      Interview

      Had a call with the engineering manager, completed a React app, then met with two engineers, a dev ops engineer, and the CEO over the span of two sessions. Overall, it was very fluid and respectful of my time. Contently's hiring process itself was a deciding factor in accepting the offer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      After building a weather app in React you will build out a new feature + collaborate with their engineers. Afterwards, you'll go through a system designs + architectural interview with the head of Engineering.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      2 Dec 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Contently (New York, NY) in Nov 2020

      Interview

      First you speak to a HR for culture fit. Second they make you build a Rails Todo app and a Weather App in React. They told the recruiter I was not technically adept enough even though they didn't review the PR or check off their internal boxes for the Rails App. They "reviewed" the weather app an hour after another team member told me they'd review it next week. Asked me why I didn't use state management for a SPA with one input field and then asked me how I could overcome the problem in the api of cities with the same names. ~~~ THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT THE CODE BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS ~~~ I had built the weather app using the zip code option in the API which solves this problem. Had they actually looked before asking questions, the question wouldn't have been asked. Lets recap: They weren't communicating internally before reviewing (next week vs. an hour later) They didn't look at the code properly before asking questions. They didn't review the other app at all. Don't interview here. Their engineering team clearly has communication issues and problems reviewing code after asking you to make two applications for them.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you work from a remote environment?
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      Contently response
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      Hello --- As the head of engineering, I'd like to apologize for any lapse in communication on your application. We appreciate the time that all candidates spend on these coding exercises, as the first step in getting to know them. I can assure you that we review all candidate submissions thoroughly. On some occasions the team is able to get an understanding of the technical approaches without needing further follow-up questions. On other occasions deeper conversations are definitely merited and happen. We have sense upgraded our initial coding exercises to be administered on an automated platform and get back to candidates as promptly as we can once those are submitted. Contently puts a lot of stock in thoughtful communication and dialogue, and I'm disappointed that you or any other candidate would walk away with a different experience - something we strive to prevent and remedy. Thank you for your patience and candid feedback. Best of luck in the rest of 2021.