I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The recruiting process with Forward was straightforward and the recruiting team was nice enough. The engineers I met with were knowledgeable, and for the most part, seemed like people I would want to work with. The questions they posed were also quite interesting and not typical dull coding questions.
However, when it came to the CEO (the final interview), I had the most negative experience I've ever had interviewing with a company. The CEO criticized my explanation of my current role and challenged whether I was explaining it accurately. Additionally, the CEO disparaged my employer at the time. While I can understand if the CEO didn't want to hire me, it seemed like he was unable to demonstrate basic respect, and that style concerns me greatly. It's disappointing that such a great group of people with a fantastic cause would be led by him.
Great! Focused system design + average leetcode questions. Behavioral interview was very nice and straightforward. Systems design interview include building a scribe tool for doctors to use. Was more a paired session with the interviewer.
It was pretty normal as far as interviews in tech go for entry level engineers. It felt like they were spending more time selling me on their product than on questioning me. Some standard Leetcode style question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something about the minimum travel distance on a keyboard grid.
Medium difficulty. Interviewed before the company abruptly shut down. Like the team, did not get many specifics about the business, particularly regarding the care pods. It was a few phone screens and then onsite.