Would strongly recommend not interviewing here.
The recruiter slipped that they don’t assess candidates based on their individual merits but work to push through a cohort of applicants at the same time to get the best value candidate and reduce costs.
Despite a C-suite interview saying they’re excited to have me join, they dragged on not giving an offer while I was waiting with other offers. Needless to say, not a great experience and seemed very unprofessional.
Engineers themselves were super nice, so hopefully just bad recruiters not overall company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Api design, data transformation, and system design
Recruiter call and then interview with the HM. No questions asked about my skills in relation to the role. It was more about the HM asking questions they were comfortable with during their time as an engineer. It was like asking a dentist to explain how x-rays work. Somewhat tangential to the job, but not the job role I was applying for at all. Received an email from the recruiter stating that they were going with candidates more aligned to the role after telling me that they were specifically hiring for my skillset. How would they know that I'm not aligned to the role if they never asked me any questions about the role? Felt very biased.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked a system design question that had nothing to do with my role.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Recharge Payments (New York, NY) in Dec 2021
Interview
1. Intro call with the recruiter
2. Interview with Eng Manager (general experience questions, some open-ended questions)
3. Onsite consisting of 4 parts: debugging, coding, product, pragmatism & scale
4. Executive interview
Overall, it was great interviewing at Recharge. Everyone I met was very nice and informative. The recruiters were super helpful in moving me along the process quickly. I didn't feel there were any crazy questions or curveball questions. If you're a good engineer and ask good questions, then you should be fine :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of tell me about time type questions. An easy/medium leetcode problem.
