I was referred by a friend. I got the HR introduction call scheduled for the next day. After the introduction, I was given a choice to choose between a take-home project or a live coding session. I picked the live coding session to save some time. The coding session was for 45 minutes with a staff engineer where the code has to be done in 30 mins on HackerRank. The rest 15 mins were for discussions. I had really fun discussion with the interviewer. He was quite friendly. Next was a technical discussion with a squad leader. He was very humble and friendly. We discussed my experience and technology around it. Then I had a CTO call, which was amazing. I am quite impressed with the vision and leadership of Nuno. After 2 daysof which I was offered a position. Overall I am quite happy with the process. It was good to have a choice between a GitHub assignment and coding session. The process was smooth with good communication. I got regular feedbacks too.

I had a first HR screening interview, and unfortunately, it was a highly disappointing experience. From the very beginning, the HR representative mentioned he wouldn’t be turning on the camera, which immediately affected our communication. Following his suggestion, I also turned mine off. This was my first experience with an HR interview where both parties had their cameras off, and it made it incredibly difficult to focus on the conversation. As a result, the interview did not go well. The HR representative asked a series of repetitive and irrelevant behavioral questions, almost like a robot reading from a script, which didn't feel tailored to the conversation at all. The notes during the interview were taken by an AI bot, further distancing any human connection in the process. To add to that, he also said that the company expects employees to work from the office three days a week, which didn’t align with my expectations, so I wasn’t too disappointed when the interview outcome was negative. This has been my only HR interview rejection.