I applied through other source. I interviewed at BECU in Jan 2024
Interview
This was one of the worst interview experience. The recruiter does not even give a call and did not even reply in regards to compensation range and benefits.
They do a Karat interview via someone who is not even in US and barely knows the domain of work being done. The structure of interview did not align well for a Senior role.
I would rather like to know more about company, what things they are working on and overall culture before even spending an hour of my time giving interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic REST API Designs and 1 Data Structure related.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at BECU (Seattle, WA)
Interview
BECU does their initial technical interview(s) through Karat. If you've not experienced Karat, it's hit-and-miss. One thing is certain though; Karat does not give you enough time to complete all the questions and problems to solve. The only positive experience with Karat is that they give you a no-questions-asked 2nd interview.
I was very excited at the prospect of working for BECU. I'm a great engineer, but the reality is I suck at on-the-spot, short-timeframe problem-solving. Virtually everything else I excel at. It's taken years, but I worked my way up to an SSE at my current company, I solve many problems, but I've never in my entire career been put into a situation where I need to solve complex, often math-intensive problems within 30 minutes. The way this industry has adopted the leetcode, hackerrank-like interviewing is an absolute travesty and it excludes some incredible people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Chart analysis to try to determine what may be going wrong in a given scenario.
Pseudo code for REST design for a given scenario
Various Leetcode/Hackerrank problems.
All of this within...I believe a 60 minute timeframe.