I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Forward in Dec 2020
Interview
Applied on website, had 30 minutes phone interview with recruiter, followed by 1 hour tech interview on codepad.
Both interviewers were friendly and seem they love what they are doing. They concern about why you want to work for Forward.
The tech interview was to write a function to make choice with given weighted probability in a list. It was challenging to me as I wasn't familiar with probabilistic algorithms.
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.