J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Clay (New York, NY) en janv. 2025
Entretien
I interviewed for a Software Engineer role at Clay over a two-month process that included:
- Initial recruiter call (Jan 8)
- Two technical interviews
- Behavioral interview
- Call with the CEO
- System design interview
- Additional hiring manager call
- NYC office visit & coffee chat
After completing all interviews, the company put me on hold for two weeks to determine hiring numbers. They then requested two references, which later became four due to unclear expectations. Despite this, I was rejected unexpectedly before they even completed my final reference check.
Pros:
- Great product
- Everyone I spoke with was smart and easy to talk to
Cons:
- Extremely long, unclear process with additional steps added after completing the interviews
- Lack of transparency about hiring decisions and reference checks
- Rejected last-minute after investing significant time, which felt disrespectful to both me and my references
J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. Le processus a pris 6 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Clay en mars 2025
Entretien
1 Recruiter screen, 2 back-to-back coding interviews, 1 system design + Project Deep Dive interview.
Overall process took about 6 weeks. Everyone was very kind! Recruiting gave some pointers and tips for success criteria for the final round interviews.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
1 multi-part coding question, 1 fairly open-ended question that utilized a public API, 1 design question related to the product, hour-long career deep dive
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Clay (New York, NY)
Entretien
Everyone I interacted with was smart, compassionate, and excited about their work. The interview felt collaborative even though it was clearly a technical assessment.
For me, the tipping point was going into the office and experiencing the culture in-person.
