I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Magic Eden (Hong Kong) in Jun 2025
Interview
1. Recruiter / HR
2. React Technical Interview
3. 3 rounds of back to back interviews.
a. React "Structure" Interview
b. General Node.js questions about Promises
c. Behavioral interview with the CTO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to join Magic Eden?
Do you own any NFTs?
Describe the newer features of the latest React version.
Looking at our Magic Eden App, how would you structure the React codebase.
How would you build a retry mechanism into something like an API call.
1. Did a FE React challenge,
2. FE system design interview
3. Manager conversation
4. Onsite - 3 hours (2 behavior and 1 data structures and algo)
I have no idea why i didn't get the role. I did everything great. I asked for feedback, and I didn't get any. It's super weird. I don't know what else they want from a person. I'm a founding engineer with 10+ years of experience. Everything was fine. I've built complete apps from the ground up scaling 5M users. I've experience building component libraries, setting e2e test frameworks. Not sure what else they are looking for. Very strange tech market. Who are they hiring? Elon?
The recruiters also have been weird too. I received 2-3 rejection emails lol. An automated email as well. I asked for feedback and nothing. They asked me to flatten an array... Why? My windsurf IDE does that on 1 second. I guess it wasn't the right company for me.
