I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Herald (Massachusetts) in Oct 2025
Interview
Applied online, 30mins recruiter initial phone call then 30mins live coding round. Note: coding round should really focus on position skill, it was more of general leetcode medium question to solve within 25~30mins.
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You have 25mins to solve leetcode type medium question (DP).
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Herald (Massachusetts) (New York, NY) in Aug 2024
Interview
Recruiter reached out via LinkedIn, confirmed salary was appropriate during initial phone screen. Completed multiple rounds of interviews, with positive feedback following each one. Interviews were standard - manager, peers, CEO, take home assessment. There were communication issues and errors on their end throughout the process. I had a phone call with the recruiter at the end of the process where I received more positive feedback and re-confirmed the salary range. A few days later they informed me they weren’t making me an offer due to lack of industry experience. I have very similar industry experience, and was assured it was transferrable. They brought me through the entire process and then said I didn’t exactly have the experience they were looking for after a month of interviewing me. It felt very dishonest. There’s nothing special about Herald, I was interested in the salary range we agreed upon. If you’re looking for a job at a startup, there are higher quality ones out there I wouldn’t suggest spending your time interviewing at Herald.
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Take home assessment on cyber insurance general information
Directly reached out to a sennior exec and he asked me to schedule a call. Though the call went fine and he suggested that he's moving me to the next round, he later communicated that I'm not being considered after following up multiple times which I did not appreciate
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Typical API PM questions. How will you design an API HOw will you market it etc