I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Map My Customers (New York, NY)
Interview
1. 30min Initial phone conversation with the recruiter
2. 30min Phone interview with the director of engineering
3. About 3hr Take-home coding challenge
4. 1hr Coding challenge with the director of engineering
5. 30 min Conversation with client rep
6. 30min conversation with the COO
Every step until the last one was easy and smooth. The director of engineering was very pleasant to talk to. Everyone except the COO thoroughly reviewed my resume, which resulted in smooth conversation.
Overall, the application process is not organized. It's understandable since this is a startup company. When I asked the director of engineering what to expect from the interview moving forward, he told me I just need to speak with the client rep and the process would be over. After speaking with the client rep, I was expecting yes/no offer from the company only to find out I had to speak with the COO. At this point, I had already received offers from two other companies, but I wanted to be considered for this company because I had a very nice conversation with the director of engineering.
The COO called me 10mins late. I can tell the COO was reading through my resume as we were talking on the phone. There would be long pauses because he didn't know what to ask. He asked me if I know how to implement a number of technologies and I told him I implemented them on my take-home coding challenge. At this point, I knew he did not review my take-home challenge. He asked me the very same questions that other people asked me during the interview process and I started to get annoyed. He did not review my resume prior to my conversation. He did not bother finding out how I performed on my coding challenges.
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