8mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback about your interview experience with us. We’re glad to hear the pair programming exercise felt clear, and we really appreciate you taking the time to let us know how the system design interview landed with you.
You’re right that designing a song recommendation system isn’t directly related to the product we build at zeroheight. Our goal with system design interviews is to give candidates an open-ended problem that allows them to show their thinking around architecture, trade-offs, and scalability in a way that doesn’t rely on prior knowledge of our product. That said, we know it’s important that the exercises feel relevant and give candidates confidence that the skills being tested match the day-to-day of the role.
We’re already reviewing our interview content to make sure the problems we use are both fair and meaningful, while still giving candidates room to demonstrate their strengths. Your feedback is a helpful reminder of why that matters, and we’ll take it into account as we continue refining the process.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience - we really value it, and we wish you all the best for the future.