I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Thoughtful Automation (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Applied for Senior Fullstack Software Engineer and got through initial screens and Technical Interview with good feedback, however, the team felt I wasn't the best fit for the role but suggested moving me over to interview for the Forward Deployed Engineer. Had to restart the process, which took about a week or so to setup and went through similar Interviews. Did well on Technical Interview and got good and consistent feedback from recruiter throughout process. Had a final round which was more behavioral with head of FDE and FDE Manager. Felt good about it, however, I received an auto rejection email days later with no feedback or reason for decision. You'd think for a final round you'd at least get some human interaction but I was ghosted after reaching out to my recruiter, who was so communicative and responsive throughout my interviews. Whole process lasted about a month and I was left with no knowledge of where/why the decision to not move forward was made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Live coding interview based off a take home assessment they provide.
Typical Behavioral/Technical questions - What's one project you're most proud of, Tell me about a time you worked on a project end to end, etc.
Screening call with a contract recruiter; informal but professional chat. Focused on the company culture and pace of work. Emphasized that this was an early role, and that they needed someone to dedicate 100% of their time to this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you willing to commit 100% of your time and energy to this company?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Thoughtful Automation (Austin, TX) in Oct 2025
Interview
The first interview was really great. They send me a challenge and I did it. Then the technical interview was not good at all. All the questions was not clear and what they expected was not clear. I did not pass but I receive no feedback of why. It seems that they invited me for a software developer position but they actually want a Data Engineer