I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Toptal in Oct 2024
Interview
It was a recruiter interview, and then we scheduled a technical interview, it was really bad, the interviewer had a bad communication, the problem was really simple, but we couldn't search so it took a lot of time to solve things that didn't really add any value to a real example, like loading a JSON file, and converting to a object
United States Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento
No offer
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal (United States Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento) in May 2026
Interview
First you apply. you will get a link for a screening interview. (you can edit your interview if the time is not suitable for you.
One screen video call 15min. they arrange the technical interview (you have 48h deadline to start it)
One DSA assesment 1h (3 exercises)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the easy was the count words in the biggest string
After two technical rounds that went over 1.5 hours, in which I was told I was going to move forward I got an email saying that they found someone else.
1 HR, 2 leet code, 1 project, 1 project defence
If you fail one of the leet codes you have a chance to re-apply again after a year. It wasn't bad, but its going downhill now. 2022 there weare about 300+ job offerings for my role, now less than 60