I interviewed at Tinystep for the Content Lead position, in the month of May 2018. I did not receive an offer, and had to pursue them for approx a week to give me a Yes or a No. Neither the interviewer nor the HR had the courtesy to give me a NO.
I had 2 rounds. The first round was pretty good and I had some fruitful and nice conversation with the person, which lasted for around an hour. This was the main interview and the person was friendly.
Next, the 2nd round starts and this extremely (seemingly) confident person walks in with a paper and pen. Me being a content person, I thought I'd be expected to write something, which was extremely normal.
But lo and behold, this guy starts drawing a puzzle on the sheet and gives it to me to solve it. I got puzzled and even told him that I'm a content person and I don't understand this.
The reason he gave was, it's just a small very easy puzzle and because you'd be analyzing the Content as well, we want to check your analytical skills. (Seriously dude!!!) He gave me two puzzles, and I wasn't able to solve either of them.
Now, this is true that the puzzles were very easy, but hey, I'm a Content person and not supposed to be good with puzzles. It's just so irrelevant. And I don't mind being rejected. The skills might not be good enough but why puzzles.
The guy even quizzed me for some content questions, for things he didn't know about. And acted surprised on hearing my answers. (Like seriously!!!)
Word of Caution to janitors, maids, cleaning staff, or any such people who might someday read this, before going to work for Tinystep - guys, practice puzzles and your reasoning skills before you go. It doesn't matter if you're good at what you do. You'll be required to solve puzzles before you're considered.