My experience interviewing with Bitly was extremely negative. First, there was a one-hour call with the manager, followed by another hour-long call with the hiring manager. After that, they assigned a test task that took about eight hours to complete: I had to write a microservice for the Stripe payment system. The task seemed unreasonably time-consuming and not at all appropriate in scope for an initial screening stage. Next, there was a call with two developers. Their questions appeared superficial, and their professionalism seemed lacking—it felt like I was being interviewed by people who didn’t fully understand the topic. After a week, I received nothing but a brief rejection email stating, “Unfortunately, you did not pass the technical assessment.” When I requested additional feedback, I was simply ignored. Overall, it was a significant waste of time. The company demands a lot from candidates, doesn’t provide a well-designed test, and gives no meaningful feedback. I would not recommend anyone to spend their time interviewing at Bitly.

Applied online. Few days later, I received an email to set up the phone call. I provided my avaialbility and right after I replied the email. I received a message from the same person on LinkedIn encouraging me to apply for the open position as if that person didn't even seem to check my profile before sending the message. I replied to both email and LinkedIn. Never replied back to me. I even followed up with an email, but ghosted me instead. About a week later, the interviewer sent a same email to set up the interview. Sent my availability and the interviewer set up the date and time this time. However, the interviewer didn't call me and ghosted me again. No class, and unethical. Please be respectful to your potential employees.