I think there is something oddly wrong with the way these folks hire, especially their tech hiring. They let me know completely different expectations on the technical interview, going through online tests, and then having it reviewed by someone who didn't know how to review technical interviews. I believe whoever is at the top of these decisions, the technical founder, needs to rethink his logic because it shouldn't be difficult to understand that recruiters shouldn't be reviewing technical tests. It should be obvious, so I don't know why he struggles with such basic and rudimentary logic when it comes to tech hiring, or, just hiring in general. Throwing unnecessary money to hire people to fix your poor hiring practices doesn't solve anything when you lack the ability to own up to it yourself. They make it so that you feel like you can't code, but apparently they can't either, as pointed out by another senior engineer here who said that their own technical tests are faulty and of poor quality. Maybe don't take it from me, take it from the rest of the experiences here. If a company this tiny already has a collection of poor interview experiences within such a short time frame, perhaps these founders are the problem, no matter how much they want to make it feel like its yours, just to help them sleep at night. Employees have already highlighted that these founders can't take criticism well, and clam up when they do. That reads insecurity to me, and its a dangerous combination especially when someone like that is potentially in charge of a hiring decision or an employee's well-being. It's evident that they are scared of leaving bad reviews up, because they somehow removed some and then it looks like they tempted their new hires to bombard the page with positive reviews, all posted within the same week. That seems... desperate. I think one should stay away from here. It seems like a place that will run itself into the ground in the future. Or at minimum, start laying people off once they've realized they've burned too much money to try and fix problems they could have solved themselves if they thought it through more.

They have no idea how to hire and are overthinking it, approaching it like it’s some kind of math problem when it’s not. They are extremely hostile in their interviewing mentality, making assumptions about candidates being cheaters on the 2 hour long HackerRank test they make you do before even getting to know you. They waste your time by having you come into their office, making you think that you were vetted properly, only to cut the interview short once they realize that they don’t know what they’re doing. Clearly, I'm not the only one who thinks that these people are overly sensitive and can’t handle being called out, which is sad and laughable especially since they are trying to run a company. When calling them out for the utter waste of time and disorganized process, the cofounder grew defensive and tried to over-rationalize their nonsensical and incompetent interview process as well as gaslight me, probably just as a way to cope with his weak and pathetic way of handling a human situation. Even when called out about it in person, he tried to deflect it back on his teammates saying that they weren’t “technical” enough to vet the resumes properly, which makes no sense, is a weak excuse for their clumsiness and an outright cowardly move. The cofounder should practice some basic bravery concepts as well as basic human respect in maintaining eye contact, and not trying to rudely interrupt someone while they are talking just because they don't meet your requirements. It's not hard to do. There was also another negative review from a former employee calling them rude and hostile which mysteriously disappeared. Yes, the job market is tough, especially for junior developers, but that doesn't mean you should tolerate hostility and disrespect. Don’t let desperation lower your standards. There are places out there who have much better basic human skills and competence. This place clearly isn’t one of them.