I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Speechify (Ciudad de Mexico)
Interview
They reached out me via email so I could hop in a meeting with a recruiter to talk about the opportunities they have, this was a total mistake.
The recruiter thought I was applying to a role which I wasn't I let him know of what happened but honestly he was super aggressive and he honestly was interrupting me so much that I got tired of it. It's honestly not my fault that's apparently no communication between recruiters.
Interview is not language agnostic, they only offer compensation at least here in Mexico you will have to sort out taxes and every other benefit that maybe your current employer gives you.
The company sounds cool because its AI but the first impression with the recruiter it was awful.
Almost everyone will have an online assessment, in my case not DSA, but a repo for you to do some refactoring and add some functionalities. Camera, microphone must be turned on. No human join the interview with you. You have to complete the requirement in 60 minutes and push to the designated gitHub repo.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a repository, do some refactoring, add some functionalities in 60 minutes
I applied online. I interviewed at Speechify in May 2026
Interview
I applied for the job and received an automated email one minute later with a technical challenge using AI.
They provided a large repository for download and asked me to keep my webcam and screen recording active for 90 minutes (probably for training AI models).
They didn't provide any tools. You had to use your own tokens for the tests for 90 minutes without knowing if anyone was going to see them. Basically, that's what happened to everyone who left a review here.
I understand and like pair programming with AI, but doing it this way is impersonal, probably the worst way, and zero privacy-oriented. You never get feedback. It's one of the worst things I've seen this year.
I interviewed at Speechify (Cairo, Cairo Governorate)
Interview
Weird and invading my privacy, was good in general but not smooth and didn’t feel good while doing it, they should respect candidates privacy, it’s very disrespectful interview , first project was screen recorded all the time even when entering my git password