I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Monks (Medellín, Antioquia) in Jul 2022
Interview
It was a while ago but there was an initial interview with a recruiter to know more about the company, then I had a technical interview just to talk about my experience and check some points about my knowledge. After that I had to work on a code challenge, I was given an assignment and spent a total of 8 hours (not continuous) working on it. The final stage was an interview with a Team Lead and and Engineering Manager from the project I was going to be working in, and then I got the offer. An important thing to notice is that in my case I got feedback at every stage, which I think is a great thing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After the code challenge they asked me what would I do different in a different time and what would I improve in my code. Also, typical questions about where I saw myself in X years, what was my experience with working as part of a team, and thing like that.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Monks (New York, NY) in Nov 2023
Interview
First a basic HR interview to talk about your pasr jobs, then a four hour coding challenge, they send you the instructions of what they want and ask for a plus if you can do, then you must submit the code to their github while you can talk with them on their Slack. The weird thing is that I totally nailed the project they asked, perfectly coded and also the plus they asked for, but then they decided not to go forward with me (???) I didn't asked to be interviewed cause I already have a job, which makes me think that this company is making interviews just for the sake of doing interviews, they don't actually will hire. If I were you I would not waste my time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic HR questions, like how many years of experience do you have.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Monks in Dec 2022
Interview
I applied for the position on their website. The job description clear, gave good details about the work and culture there, which is great. However, immediately after applying to the position, I received an automated email asking me to complete a timed 40-minutes technical assessment on DevSkiller. Seeing that at this point I have no idea if my resume was screened and if this is a good fit for me, it's hard to justify spending close to an hour of my personal time on a quiz when the company didn't spend a second on my candidacy. As a senior professional who works a full-time job, has a family, hobbies and other responsibilities, my time is valuable. Considering there is no shortage of opportunities for experiences engineers, I have decided to use my time to pursue other openings who seem to value my time a little more.
- An online coding assessment
- An interview
- A coding project
I passed the first two parts but failed the coding project. All together I probably put about 30 hours into the coding project, though probably I could have gone faster.
The problem is you have no idea how it will be evaluated. After working this many hours, and building a pretty good solution, you would expect they do their part and hire you.
I think overall it was a total waste of my time. I would recommend putting that time into studying leetcode instead.
If you go through with this process, ignore the written requirements for minimalist architecture. If you do this you will fail. As well don't waste time cleaning up the code, as this is ignored. Put all your focus on superficial things only such as api names, and an over-complicated architecture. The reviewers probably won't bother looking at details.
