I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at OpenRent
Interview
Was approached by HR via Cord about the role. Had a nice a chat about the role, then was asked to complete a technical screening (write a js solution to this problem) and a take home design task. The task was a small frontend project to provide an alternative UI/UX to one of their pages. The next stages would have been face to face interviews with team and founders.
After spending more than the suggested 2 hours, I provided a fully responsive, modern and minimal looking html prototype of a property listing page, that featured a sticky area for the price/cta block, and a carousel for the property images. I used Tailwind for styling, a couple of google fonts, and a tiny bit of vanilla js for toggling between property images and a map section. The only feedback I received was that it 'fell short'. Unsure how I fell short as I hit every point laid out in the brief. Very disrespectful and a massive waste of my time. Don't give take home tasks if you have no intention of providing feedback. How are companies getting away with this in 2024? Steer well clear.
[UPDATE Following Openrent response] - They have still offered no further feedback. Their response is dishonest.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could take a page on our site (any you like), and put together an alternative design/UI/UX. I wouldn't spend *too* much time on this, we recommend time boxing yourself to two hours, but bonus points for it working with a live demo! The idea here is to see, without any real brief, what you'd do to our UI / UX. It's also hopefully a chance to show off technical, design and product development ability!
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