I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Limelight Platform (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2020
Interview
Got a match through a job board , got an email then a screening call, about eligibility and past experiences, so far so good.
then after that they sent me a programming test , which was one of the worst i have ever taken in my life . in the mail they say it should take no more than 2 hours , when it take WAY MORE THAN THAT . it was stated in the mail also , that i don't need to focus on UI or code practices to save time. then in the rejection feedback they said literally that they rejected me because i didn't pay attention to coding details and UI.
first question asked to parse the NA driver license , without any information , i had to do my own research and get the documentation for the DMV and AAMV to parse their given text, the submission required a single file , not a project , not a library , just a single .swift file , so you can imagine the "readability" of that file , where i have to take input , parse, validate, and test.
the second question required a playground project as a custom input field.
the third question was about data retrieval from api , and storage , nothing complex it just was time consuming.
overall the test was unclear and unprofessional to say the least , and the reason for rejection was far worse than any expected answer
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
general questions about background , why did u chose us , and what is the expected salary
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Limelight Platform (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2019
Interview
I applied online. First round was with HR. Professional, introduced the company with enthusiasm. And then typical HR questions. I was advised the second round would be with CTO, then CEO. Finally maybe also with the current iOS developer who works remotely and contract will be ending by end of the year.
But the second round was actually with the iOS Developer on zoom video. He looked stressful, tired ,not interested in the interview at all, with very cold tone from beginning to end. The only iOS related question he asked was: Do you know ideas like reactive and functional programming? After I said yes and gave some examples, surprisingly, he looked embarrassed and disappointed.
This is the most meaningless technical interview I ever had, feeling like totally wasting of time. Firstly, the company has no standard procedure for interviews. Secondly, the technical interviewer who works remotely and with contract will be ending soon, not caring about finding good candidates for the company.