IMBUE interview questions

2 rounds - 1st round LeetCode medium - hard questions, 2nd round Collaborative coding. Round 1: 1 hour for a three-part algorithm question where every part builds on the previous part and gets more difficult. The interviewer was nice and gave hints as needed. Any language could be used but Python was reccommended since the company uses it the most therefore more support could be provided with Python.

This was one of the strangest interview processes I’ve ever been through. It stretched over months, included a complex 2-day trial project (which I received positive feedback on), and ended with an invasive “WHO interview” that felt inherently biased, uncomfortable, and unrelated to the job. Despite the effort I put into the project, I was rejected and left with the impression that the trial process is used to extract ideas and solutions for challenging problems the company hasn’t been able to solve internally. The process felt gimmicky and inconsistent with their stated values of caring for the “whole person." Bottom line: Be cautious — LOTS of red flags.