Received an e-mail for a recruiter about a position at K-Rise. I talked to them on the phone and they we're able to set-up an in-person interview. The recruiters do a good job at making sure you're prepared for the interview, giving you sample questions and such. The in-person interview was antiquated. Multiple programming problems they wan't you to solve on paper without any tools, something that is laughable for a software company. I was left alone in a room and frankly, could have cheated on this portion but decided to do my best since I knew most of the material anyway. I met with a few developers who looked over my code; I didn't do perfect but I was able to move on to the next phase, a meeting with the owner. This is where the experience starts to get negative. He seemed stand-offish, wouldn't even shake my hand, as if he already made up his mind before meeting me that I wasn't hired. He asked me some basic questions but seemed uninterested in any of my answers. He was also very pedantic about the resume, so make sure yours is impeccable. I said I was OK with the hilariously low $50k offer and "contract-to-hire" stipulation. Then, I left. Received a call from the recruiter asking how it went. I said it went well, and they said they will have some feedback for me in a week. I never received any call. Upon retrospect this was likely a good thing. The pay is hilariously low for the skills they want you to have as they won't hire without a Bachelors. The work involves working with a custom tool -- so there is not a lot of room for growth outside of K-Rise there. On top of that it starts as a "contract-to-hire" while you learn the tool. The whole business model seems to stem on exploitation: hire CS graduates who are struggling to get a job, teach them to use a custom tool that won't be used anywhere else, underpay them, then focus on selling their services. I would avoid K-Rise unless you want to make sure that fancy Computer Science degree goes to waste, or you are in sales.