I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Core Strengths (New York, NY) in Sept 2022
Interview
After an insightful chat with the recruiter, I had the opportunity to try Core Strengths assessment myself. Upon completion of this, I was put through to the CRO for a 60 minute second interview where we discussed my experience and the role in more detail. Afterwards I was told that he was happy to move the process forward and would like to connect me with the CEO for another 60 minute interview. In this interview step we talked more about the responsibilities and at the end I was told that as a final step they would connect me to a product specialist and give me the opportunity to ask questions. After 5 days of waiting I decided to ask for an update but I got simply ghosted and never got an answer till today. It's ok for me to get a rejection but after talking to the C-levels for over 2 hours and getting told everything is good, I find that extremely disrespectful and unprofessional. A simple e-mail would have done it.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Core Strengths (Denver, CO) in June 2022
Interview
I spoke for about half an hour on the phone with the CTO. Then I got a take-home which I failed.
They emphasized many times that they strictly enforce the three-hour time limit on the take-home. You have to setup the Rails project on your own.
I felt really rushed, but they gave me good feedback, and based off that I don't think I'd have moved forward anyway. The feedback is actually valuable though and I'll apply it to my code moving forward.
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The phone call was with the CTO and was pretty conversational
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Core Strengths (Aponi-vi, AZ) in Apr 2021
Interview
I set up a phone call through multiple emails. They were super friendly and I felt comfortable. I had a phone call with one person then zoom with three others. I heard back about two weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite designer, file management, skills, personality, how I like to work