I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Compt
Interview
Starts off with a one on one conversation with a lead, then a two part technical interview with a few engineers. It was weird because they told me the format would be one thing, then it was something else. I let them know that this happened, so they offered a redo. Then the exact same thing happened. The questions were very reasonable and the people were really cool, but just really frustrating that the same mistake happened twice and I couldn't prepare properly. Again the questions were fair but just seemed like a lot of miscommunication that negatively affects the candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some basic questions about auth, some really basic python coding problems
Thank you for sharing your experience. We can't improve if we don't know where we are missing the mark. Feedback is a gift.
I appreciate that you called out that the first technical test was not what you had expected - both in this review, but also with the team. They acknowledged that they had originally teed you up for a technical interview around web development and implementing a small feature in Django - and that is not what you were asked in the interview which focused on basic python coding/debugging problems. Because you noted in the interview that this didn't align with the expectations they had set (really appreciate that feedback!), they agreed that wasn't fair and scheduled the re-do technical interview. The focus of the second interview involved implementing a small feature in Django.
I do appreciate that you went through an extra technical interview based on the miscommunication by the team. I thank you for bringing that miscommunication to their attention so they could offer a new interview that aligned with the original criteria. We are also adjusting our process going forward so that this is more clear for future candidates as candidate time is precious and should not require additional steps.
While I know this wasn't a fit at this time, I do appreciate your willingness to provide us with this additional context so that we can make things better going forward. We wish you all the best.
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