Can you write code? Can you write code? OK, but can you write code? Yes, but can you write code?Their interviewing was extremely lopsided, which might be standard operating procedure for Silicon Valley tech companies, but that doesn't make it OK. Um, in addition to being a good coder, am I resourceful? Am I resilient? Can I think outside the box? Can I talk to customers in a supportive, non-technical way? Do I have an adequate amount of emotional intelligence? The interviewers never gave themselves the opportunity to form an opinion about any of these things. They didn't seem to understand that they are not simply hiring coders, they are hiring human beings who write code. It certainly did not occur to them that while they were evaluating me, I was evaluating them, and as someone who has interviewed hundreds of technical people over the years, I was not impressed.

I applied with a referral Multiple rounds - 1. HR screen 2. decomposition round 3. onsite with 3 interviews (coding, learning, and decomposition) 4. hiring manager (didn't make it past this one) Took them about 5 weeks after the hiring manager round to update me that I wasn't selected