I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rustici Software in Apr 2025
Interview
Applied for the Java/Python Job Listing:
Completed and submit the Javascript/HTML ARG on the job listing (even found the secret bonus flag "bug"),
Had an interview with the hiring manager which went well. They were only hiring Java devs and apologized for the outdated listing.
Completed the live Java/HTML assessment and pushed my PR in half the allotted time with all of the primary and bonus features implemented. The second half of the second assessment was to judge how you handle feedback during the PR review process, but the team provided no feedback throughout the review period. It was unclear whether the team having forgotten to review my PR was the cause or a symptom of their hiring decision, and that ambiguity leaves me rather ambivalent on the interview process. I would have described it as positive if not for the lack of transparency on the verdict regarding my submission.
The people I spoke to were respectful and sociable. Expect the hiring process to take a full work day of active work on your part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Rustici is fond of real-world mockups of live coding exercises. It was a very fair and reasonable interview process that rewarded attention to detail, debugging, feature implementation and version control/ branch management skills.
First, there is an introductory interview with the hiring manager. Passing that, you move on to interviews with managers higher in the org. Finally, you have a "test" where you present a training session to the team you would be working with
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Question 1
Tell me about yourself. What do you like to do outside of work?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Rustici Software (Nashville, TN) in Jan 2017
Interview
Submitted a generic email, no resume, then followed up with telephone interview. Very odd interview. Interview was a bit hostile, seemed like she was in over her head with understanding the bigger picture of what marketing means, had trouble conveying audience segmentation, audience profile was mostly interested in someone to understand marketo stats and email campaigns.
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Question 1
What do you know about us?, how would you determine if an email campaign was successful,