I was contacted by email and we scheduled an interview. The interviewer was quite rude, she skipped the introduction part and jumped right into demonstrating she had not read my application, then rudely closed the call a minute later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have the permission to work in the US? (Only question in the interview)
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Handshake in Aug 2019
Interview
Phone screen with hiring manager, then a take-home design challenge. 8 hour design challenge (pretty ridiculous considering I'm employed full time) with a very open ended prompt that honestly reflects pretty poorly on the design culture or ethos of the team. Promised a response within 2-3 days, received a rejection a week and a half later. Nobody even looked at the submission until the day before I got rejected. Went with another company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Redesign any feature or core functionality of an app that you think could use some work.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Handshake (New York, NY) in Feb 2019
Interview
I interviewed with Handshake in 2019. The interview process consisted of standard, multi-round design interviews. Generally the people I interviewed with didn't seem like they wanted to be there. I felt like they wasted my time and were unprofessional throughout the interview process - they also refused to give me feedback when the generic rejection message was sent. Ultimately, I ended up accepting another offer.
My only advice is to steer clear, and read the other reviews of how interviews go at Handshake.