Disappointing interview process that is lagging way behind the current reality of software engineering. Really no practical or relevant skill assessment. They wanted me to rank myself on a scale of 1-10 on various skills, but didn't seem interested in hearing my explanations for each ranking. Just "Sooo...on a scale of 1-10?"
Followed by a bunch of what I like to call "Software Developer Trivia" - things that nobody actually has memorized or would ever need to have memorized for the job, because it would take 10 seconds to refresh one's memory with a quick Google search. They test you solely on rote memorization without assessing your ability to quickly find relevant information and documentation - which of course, you're not allowed to use during the interview. I was met with a disappointed silence just for asking if I could look through some notes I had written down in advance.
They had me do FizzBuzz, which was almost an insultingly simple code challenge for someone with over 10 years of experience. Not even iterating through an array or sorting or anything. Just a basic conditional statement. They must have thought I fabricated my 10 years of experience giving me such a basic test. The entire process felt insulting and impractical.
The pay that was being offered was pretty disappointing for the level of random trivia they expected you to be able to answer off-the-cuff. And they only offer contract-to-hire. Thankfully I had another job already lined up for far better pay and was just interviewing here as a backup plan, but their interview annoyed me so much that I wish I hadn't even done it at all.
