Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Mechanize with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 40% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mechanize overall takes an average of 7 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mechanize as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
I applied online. I interviewed at Mechanize (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
30-minute call with a recruiter
3 hr take-home + 1 hr review (this tests your ability to use agents to build a full-stack app and then your ability to understand the generated output)
30-minute call with CTO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How the generated app works in detail for different features
Round 1: 30 min recruiter call where they go over your background and ask you about your workflows and observations around LLM coding tools.
Round 2: 3 hour takehome where you are allowed to use AI to code a fullstack app. Be prepared to fully understand and defend your solution in a subsequent 30min deep dive call.
Round 3: call with co-founder
Recruiter screen then 3 hour take-home, followed up by talking to an engineer about what I built. The conversation was highly technical, focusing on interviewee's understanding of the systems, very challenging.
30 min screen to discuss fit at first. After that 3 hour take home coding project you can use AI to solve the problem, 1hr interview after that to discuss your solution.