The interview process started off alright.
I had a discussion with a Product Manager at the company. It was a good chat, and I enjoyed speaking with her.
I then had a technical challenge focused on solving a sudoku puzzle. It was done live over a stream, from home. It was quite challenging, and I had a few mistakes in my solution. I did well enough that they asked me for another interview.
I then came in for an interview with the Chief of Staff, and someone higher up in engineer. I can't quite remember the title. It was enjoyable, and seemed to go well.
I then had 2 more interviews with the Product Manager. At this point, the process had been going on for over a month. They didn't seem to know what they wanted to hire me for, or what they were looking for in the position. They were asking me questions about management, even though I had not applied for that position. Maybe I should have been flattered? I was mostly confused.
They finally told me they wanted me to speak with the CEO. I planned to leave work early to take the call... I waited for an hour and never got a call. He contacted me later and blamed broken telephone with his team members. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and we DIRECTLY rescheduled. He missed that second call again.
At this point, it had been close to 2 months long. Very unprofessional and rude...
STAY AWAY. They do not respect your time and seem to have no idea what they are doing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had a live coding challenge to write a Sudoku Solver.
easy, standard questions, previous experiences, how did you analyze the situation, how did you deal with problems, how did you make processes better and more efficient. describe your strengths and weaknesses
I applied online. I interviewed at Setter (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2019
Interview
Met with both HR & Chief of Staff. I got the feeling they didn’t know exactly what they were looking for. Anyway, got a rejection email the next day and a month after, they laid off a ton of employees.