I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at STRATIS (PA) (Richardson, TX) in Nov 2020
Interview
Not extremely formal. One phone call that lead to a zoom interview, however no video was used, and generic questions. The overall process was simple and easy, but some information was not fully accurate to the job when asking questions back (namely opportunity and scheduling).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years - What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses - Give an example of a time you worked with others where everyone was not cooperating ideally
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at STRATIS (PA) (Philadelphia, PA) in Sept 2018
Interview
First interview was over the phone just some general background questions, interviewer liked my resume brought me in the following week. During the first interview, I got a feel for the company culture which got me excited, they renovated an old movie theatre as their office so quintessential startup experience. However their lack of preparation was what you'd expect from a young company. They were interested in me as a Customer Success Specialist but also a QA Engineer. This threw me off as they bounced between customer success/QA questions. Made it to the second round interview which was very casual, felt confident in my interviewing skills, they tell me it's between one other guy and me, which is very unfair considering that I applied for one position and had to interview for two, whereas the other guy could focus solely on Customer Success. They told me I'd hear back from them soon, which I never did. I emailed to follow up and they never responded to me. Extremely rude as I shifted my schedule and made the commute twice just so they could not even have the decency to respond to me. I was very disappointed considering I liked the people who interviewed me, and I liked the company's services.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Describe how something works that you know very well
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at STRATIS (PA)
Interview
Initial phone screen with basic get-to-know-you questions. Then I was emailed a coding challenge that had to be completed before the in-person interview which was scheduled pretty immediately because they really want to bring in new people.
I think the company is really cool and I love what they created, but it was alarmingly unstructured. Two of the people who interviewed me and reviewed my coding challenge seemed completely unprepared. One of them asked me about my code, implying that I was wrong on some things, but he actually ended up being wrong and it was embarrassing for both of us that I had to correct him - twice. It felt like they were just asking me questions to ask. Like why I chose to use ES6, the most up to date version of JS currently... They just didn't seem that knowledgeable or equipped to interview me. They then tell me they only started working here/in this field 4 months prior and would be the ones to train me. This also made me uncomfortable. Also, barely any coding for this position. They made it seem like it'd be all coding, but really, not much, so I was disappointed.
I was offered the position and told I had to be somewhere in the lower 50k range and that's just plain taking advantage. All less-experienced software engineers should be starting at, at least 60K. And that's still low-balling it.
All in all, though, everyone was really super nice, and they all seemed genuinely happy to be there together so it wouldn't be a bad place to work. It seemed very flexible so if you're looking to interview here and don't care about how much you will be coding on a regular basis, give it a shot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you troubleshoot a key that isn't working?