I applied online after meeting a company rep at a job fair. Their recruiter got back with me and requested a time for us to meet and talk over coffee. He was pleasant enough in the interview and spent a good deal of time telling me about what a great company TransLoc is to work for. He asked about my career leading up to my interest in the company. As I described myself, arguably a Jr. level developer, I asked him directly if there were a place in the company for someone with my experience level. His answer was that it depends on the results of the code challenge - there are developers with 6-months of experience who do really well and ones with 6 years who flail - their decision is chiefly based on that. He also talked at length about the company's commitment to diversity and the ways that they are addressing the lack thereof as a company. It all sounded fantastic, like a company I would be really excited to work for, doing work that will truly have a positive impact in the world. As we left the conversation, he said that he would send me the code challenge and be in touch with next steps that afternoon. He never sent me any further communication. The next morning (granted, it was Saturday - I didn't expect a response until Monday) I sent an email thanking him for his time and asking about the code challenge that I didn't get. When I still hadn't heard anything by Tuesday, I sent another email asking if something had gone wrong that I wasn't aware of. I haven't heard anything else from him or the company. I know he wasn't hit by a bus or the like because he showed up on my LinkedIn as having viewed my profile after the interview. As a developer who has less experience, but who is only going to get more and who one day could be an ideal match for this company, I will never consider working with them again. The way companies treat prospective hires speaks loudly about how they treat employees and this recruiter's behavior was poor. All the talk about what a great company it is seems to be nothing but lip service. I felt very disrespected by him and am still frustrated by the process.

The interview process takes place in 4 phases. 1) Initial meeting with internal recruiter. This was done over lunch and was a fairly standard discovery meeting. A bit of explaining about the company and explaining about my work history. 2) A coding assignment e-mailed to me that evening. 3) A technical code review and meeting with the dev manager. 4) A meeting with the CEO.