I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LendingPad (Michigan City, IN) in May 2026
Interview
The hiring process appears highly suspicious and unprofessional. Recruiter reaches out via Indeed, Glassdoor, or email and immediately request a coding assignment with a quick turnaround, asking you to collaborate with a specific reviewer. The task itself is straightforward—fixing bugs and implementing minor features, but after submission, communication completely stops. Expect a total lack of feedback or follow-up, until after a month.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at LendingPad in Jul 2025
Interview
Initial hr call, then a take home exam, the goal was to complete tasks in the project, The existing code was very convoluted and the tasks were vague, Which makes me believe the creator of the test didn't have a good idea on what he was doing.
I spent over 25 hrs and over 2000 lines of code , after submitting they said my solution is not good
Take home assessment written in an outdated version of .NET (Framework) that is not compatible with Mac. The assessment involved expanding functionality on a web service and using Postman to verify endpoints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to modify the Add endpoint to prevent errors when adding items with duplicate identifiers.