Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Tangam Systems (Waterloo, ON) em jan. de 2026
Entrevista
The process involved four stages and ended with complete silence despite making it all the way to the final round. It started with an email from Jenny in HR containing a few written screening questions — she asked about a recent personal tech project I was proud of, what challenges I faced and how I overcame them, what my general troubleshooting process looks like, and whether I was available to handle issues outside of business hours. After that I was invited to a 30-minute phone call with the hiring manager Jon, which was a fairly standard introductory conversation about my background and the role.
From there I was invited to the Waterloo office for a two-hour in-person technical interview, and this is where things got awkward. The interviewers seemed to think I had applied for a completely different position than the one posted. Once I clarified that I had applied specifically for the Applications Support Engineer role, the conversation moved forward but the energy never fully recovered. The technical questions covered JavaScript, Angular, and Node.js, along with behavioural questions about managing tickets under pressure. It was also mentioned during the conversation that the role comes with no overtime pay and no time in lieu, which is a notable red flag given that one of the very first screening questions asks specifically about your willingness to work outside of business hours.
After completing the on-site, I was then invited to a CTO-level interview, which I completed. And then nothing. No rejection email, no update, no acknowledgment whatsoever — it has now been over two months of total silence. Four rounds of interviews, including a CTO interview, and the company could not extend the basic professional courtesy of a follow-up. It is a serious waste of candidates' time and reflects poorly on how the organization values people. I would caution anyone considering applying here to keep their expectations low when it comes to communication.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Do you have a recent or current non-work or non-school tech task that you are proud of? What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Tangam Systems em out. de 2025
Entrevista
First Round: HR/Personality Questions with hiring manager or team lead (30min). Questions about career goals, interest in company, logistics (commute/relocation).
Second Round: Technical Evaluation with team lead and/or team members (2.5hr). Live coding via screenshare in a text editor, probability/logical questions, data analysis/database design questions.
Third Round: CTO Interview (HR/Personality + Technical) (30min). Similar questions to first round. Technical debugging/code review exercise.
The interviews were all pleasant. However, after the interviews I was ghosted, follow-up emails were not answered and no update about the role was given.
Perguntas de entrevista [2]
Pergunta 1
Write a function that swaps 2 strings without using any additional variables.
Write a function which, given two string arrays, returns their intersection (a list of strings in both arrays). Duplicates should be included in output.
They asked me questions about my resume and transcript. There was a SQL question and a coding question. The SQL question was a simple JOIN question, the coding question was more difficult.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
There were two SQL tables with one column of numbers, and they asked the result of an inner join and a left join