I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Speer Technologies (Toronto, ON) in June 2026
Interview
The entire interview process took exactly 4 weeks from start to finish.
1. Initial Outreach: Contacted by an external headhunter/recruiter for the opportunity.
2. Take-Home Task: Design assessment focused heavily on critical thinking and problem-solving.
3. Strategic Interview: With the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).
4. Technical Interview: Final round with two Senior Designers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions focused heavily on my problem-solving process, how I think strategically, and how I organize my workflows and files day-to-day.
1. Phone screen with recruiter
2. Assessment [ mini DNS]
3. Live coding / Techical interview with another senior dev
4. Live coding / Techical interview with a director
5. Live coding / Techical interview with another director
6. Meeting with the CEO
I went through all this stages just to be ghosted
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most the technical questions are from the resume and also testing ratelimiting knowledge and system design in general
I applied online. I interviewed at Speer Technologies (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2026
Interview
After submitting a resume I was got an email one morning asking me to do an assignment in 48 hours from receiving the email. The assignment that took me probably around 24 hours across two days, and you also had to record your final submission and describe technical choices condensed into 5 minutes which was quite a bit of extra work. I was applying for a junior position, and there were bonus requirements you could do but even with throwing in 1-2 bonus requirements, I was completely ghosted after submitting it and got zero feedback for all my time spent on it.
This is an awful way to treat applicants. Assignments should only be given after interviews and there weren't interviews here. This is also unfair to those that have less free time. If you happen to have another job you won't have much time to complete something within 2 days.
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