Philo interview questions

After I first applied for this job I was contacted by the recruiter who then scheduled a call between him, an engineer and myself. The call went great and we got a chance to talk over a bit about myself, Philo as a company and the role. Then, the engineer and I dived into a technical conversation about a past project of mine. Following that call I got a home assignment to complete in about 2 weeks (though I think it took me a bit more but there was no pressure from their side) and I was invited to a slack channel for any questions I might have. I really liked the way the assignment was built and it allowed me to write code and show my skills in a real scenario and timeframe. The “onsite” (virtual due to COVID) part took place after I handed in my assignment. It consisted of 5 interviews. 2 technical interviews (1 design and 1 was more of a pair programming style), 1 interview in which we discussed the specifics of the assignments and thought of any needed improvements to it, 1 demo of Philo’s product and 1 behavioral interview. Through all of these interviews I really got a good feel of the culture of the company and the people within it. It felt really different (in a good way) than any other interview I did during that time. The last part of the process was an interview with the CTO about was mainly about making sure that what I’m looking for and my goals align well with what Philo are looking for and has to offer (It also included a very small coding question). Overall process was a little long for me, around 2 months (part of it was due to the amount of time that took me to hand in the home assignment) but enjoyable, respectful and felt like you’re being tested for actual skills rather than solving “Leetcode” questions.

This was the most disrespectful interview process I'd ever gone through, out of dozens of interview processes. In the portfolio review, there was a large panel and not even half were paying attention. One team member had an animal face filter on and was faced away from the screen, and one interviewer was driving during my Zoom presentation. The questions were surface level and lacked thoughtful feedback. I was told I would hear back soon about next steps, only to never even receive a generic rejection email. The way I found out I was rejected was when I saw a post on Linkedin from the designer they'd decided to hire. When job hunting, especially during the pandemic, I still expect the bare minimum of respect from companies and Philo went above and beyond to show the lack of care they had.