Unfair Interview Process – Lack of Transparency
I recently interviewed for a React/TypeScript role at American airlines, and I must say, the experience was extremely disappointing. Despite the position being focused on React and TypeScript, I was extensively questioned on Node.js, AWS, and SQL—which I still answered successfully. I also solved all the coding challenges and provided the expected output as per the interviewers' requirements.
However, after answering all the relevant technical questions, I was suddenly given a random logic puzzle involving 3L and 5L buckets, which had nothing to do with coding, DSA, or system design. The interviewers kept changing the problem’s conditions until I could no longer answer, and this seemed to be the deciding factor for my rejection.
It is incredibly frustrating to see a hiring process where a single non-technical logic question outweighs actual coding skills and relevant technical expertise. If a company is looking for a React/TypeScript developer, why test so heavily on backend and AWS? And if someone answers everything correctly except for one unrelated logic question, how does that justify rejection?
This kind of unclear and unfair evaluation process makes candidates waste their time and effort without receiving transparent feedback. I hope the company re-evaluates its hiring approach to ensure fair assessments that truly reflect the skills required for the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Frontend interview but asked about SQL /Node
Write a SQL to find the students with sum of all subjects greater than 200
AWS lambda- how do we cold start it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at American Airlines (Dallas, TX)
Interview
Has two phone calls and one panel interview. The first phone call was introductory. The panel was with team members and this was a very simple interview. Not technically depth.
Last call was job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you deal with working on things that is not your strengths?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at American Airlines (Dallas, TX) in May 2025
Interview
Had a recruiter call initially followed by a technical round with hiring manager. After clearing it, the final round was onsite which has a mixture of behavior & technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic questions related to how you handle different situations, some technical questions, followed by system design question.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at American Airlines in May 2025
Interview
Interview done 1 round with third party monjin, and one with us team. Both are more into technical. One hr round from ansr itself. For cloud engineer they focused mostly on azure, python and terraform with some other devops and AI