I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Octane AI (Portland, OR) in May 2021
Interview
I contacted the hiring manager directly via email which I pulled from LinkedIn. The response was within the day. I had two conversations. The second was with the hiring manager's lateral who I would also be working directly with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked all the regular questions and explained what I would be doing. They had a very low pay for the industry and asked why I would be willing to accept that pay at my experience.
This is my experience of how the hiring process went. Essentially, the interview never took place.
During the first meeting, the HR person sent an email a few minutes before we were supposed to start and said he will be running late. I waited hours by the computer and there was no response. He never got back.
After reaching out to reschedule, a week later the HR person apologised and said that he had gone on vacation and agreed to reschedule another meeting. On the second meeting, he cancelled it a few minutes before it was supposed to start.
Finally, they stated the vacancy has been filled in-house after prompted. In conclusion, a bad experience and shows the unprofessionalism on the company's part. The lack of respect for other people's time is appalling. If you're unsure whether you're opening the position externally, there is no need to give candidates a run around. A simple no, we're no longer hiring from the beginning is more than suffice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not applicable - hiring person never showed up for the scheduled interviews
On behalf of the operations team here at Octane AI, I wholeheartedly offer my most sincere apology for your poor experience during the interview process. This does not represent how we treat candidates or team members here at Octane AI.
I invite you to please email us at people@octaneai.com so we may gain further clarification surrounding this experience.
The first step is a custom TripleByte assesment which focuses on frontend development (but still includes questions about backend/full stack development). Next is an initial interview with a recruiter, short and sweet. Followed by a technical interview involving a live coding challenge with a couple of their senior developers. And then finally an interview with a more senior member of the company.