I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Smoothstack in Dec 2018
Interview
The interview process was pretty streamlined. It almost seemed too easy and made me doubt the validity of the whole thing. After a couple of phone screens with the recruiter I was asked to complete a programming challenge via the codify platform to test my coding skills. After passing the programming challenge I was invited to participate in a digital interview. This was essentially a one-way interview where the question would come up on the screen and you would be given 30 seconds or so to think of a response before it automatically began recording. Some questions were more personality/behavioral and then there were some technical questions as well. I did receive an offer and nearly accepted but had some reservations about the 2 year contract after training. I ultimately declined because I was unable to relocate at the time of the start date, which was non negotiable.
It was a quick and easy process: An online assessment, a webinar, a phone call, and one background Zoom call. They pretty much just tell you what the program consists of after you pass the first assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the four pillars of object-oriented programming?
Initial call with recruiter which was about 30 minutes, asked some basic behavioral questions. Went onto a virtual call interview where I had to answer some OOP questions and show off a project of mine. Got a temporary offer but they ghosted me.
You have to present a project of your choice after a round of technical interview questions from the employer. This person is usually not a hiring manager or manager at all but a person that specializes in interviewing. After this process you spend 2 weeks learning javascript and then present a project in javascript.
