Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Middesk.
Entrevista
Ad hoc interview process. Flakey recruiting process. Weak seeming ICs misread printed out test results during coding interview / didn’t know about blob storage during system design interview. Does not seem like a promising company.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Implement some API endpoints that parse input data and save to a database
Candidatei-me por meio de recrutador(a). O processo levou 1 semana. Fui entrevistado pela Middesk (San Francisco, CA) em dez. de 2025
Entrevista
Interview Process:
Round 1: Recruiter screen
Round 2: Technical pair programming on CoderPad
Technical Round Details:
The coding assessment was straightforward and backend-focused, involving business verification logic with REST API/TypeORM results. The problem was practical and relevant to Middesk's work—primarily JSON parsing without algorithmic complexity.
Feedback:
I completed approximately 90% of the assessment but was rejected for "insufficient technical performance." When I asked the interviewer about completion expectations and performance criteria, she spent the remaining time discussing her personal experiences at the company rather than evaluating my problem-solving approach.
Concerns:
Having a junior engineer (10 months experience) conduct technical interviews for mid/senior positions raises questions about assessment consistency. The interview seemed to miss its stated purpose of evaluating thinking process and problem-solving skills. The mismatch between the straightforward nature of the problem and the rejection reasoning was puzzling.
Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 4 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Middesk em nov. de 2025
Entrevista
1. Recruiter call - nice
2. Easy technical screening - nice
3. Four-hour panel interview:
HM Talk - questions were aggressive, got interrupted multiple times;
Web API / DB technical question - not focusing on coding, but you must know all steps from DB creation to endpoint development;
PM brainstorming - nice;
System Design - focus on collaboration - nice;
Result: rejected, refusing to give feedback.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
What improvement were you supposed to make for a certain past project?