Absurd interview with the first 15 minutes being intros and all and then there were a series of rapid fire tech questions about OS, Frontend tech, Backend Tech, Networking, etc. Answered 26 out of 30 correct. Got rejected in the next 15 mins. Also expect a probability question.
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Two rounds. First was a 20-30 min behavioral style "tell me about yourself" call. Second was 3 hour AI-assisted take home + 1 hour technical interview with an engineer about what you ended up building (only if it was good enough, else they'd reject after the take home w no call). The technical interview w the engineer was difficult, going through design decisions and tradeoffs you had to make during your take home, as well as exploring edge cases and how the system would behave given x and y actions from some user.
I applied online. I interviewed at Mechanize in Apr 2026
Interview
First round was recruiter call - they ask about your background and purposefully checks what questions you have about the company
Next round was take home development project that needs to be done in 3hours. After that there is 20 min break before the next 40 min code discussion round - they will cancel the invite for 40 min round if they decide to not move forward after the first round.
For me, my first round ended at 4 PM and then I kept on waiting for rejection email so that I can skip the next round cuz I was getting some headache. My next round was supposed to start at 4:20 pm and I got rejected at 4:19 pm
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