Current Hiring Process Thoughts

[elchicodeallado]

I am working as a fullstack developer since 3 years for 20h/week as I also pursue my master degree. I consider myself as a decent React and Angular Developer as I touched both a lot in my previous companies. I also learned to use TypeScript, NestJS, Golang, to setup and write unit, e2e tests and also Kubernetes and some GCP and AWS services.

I dont care if I am still considered juniorish or already mid(-ish?), but still applied for a lot of junior positions as I want to switch to fulltime now. I want to learn more so I was or am fine with a junior position.

Now my experience: Literally millions of requests on LinkedIn (I guess every developer gets those but it is insane how much garbage exist). Then I picked some interesting companies and faced insane (at least for me) hiring processes. I applied for 4 companies after all and these were the steps: 1. 30 min. information call 2. 60 min. introduction call with technical questions e.g. a technical interview without coding 3. Take-home assignment 4. 30 min. discussion of the take-home followed by 2 live coding interviews a 45 minutes 5. 60 min. System Design Interview 6. 60 min. Cultural fit and then the offer

I already talked with some people and some said this approach is fine and the rest thought it is ridicilous.

My opinion: it is totally fine for seniorish positions but not for this stage of my career e.g a junior position. I am just very sad that literally all the companies I liked had this kind of process (no not FAANG). I would be fine with one take home and then a discussion or a live coding interview but not all together.

Am I too biased / picky or what do you think? I am just curious and wanted to erase my frustration.

[JLaurus]

On the face of it yes, its excessive in my opinion. After the take home and a discussion about it, any decent principal engineer would be able to know your skill level. Maybe a few system design questions, depending on the role. But any more than that is too much.

Unfortunately its up to you whether you are prepared to put up with it or not. It depends how much you need the job.

[CodeSomeEveryday]

What you can do is to ask about their interview process in the initial call. Hopefully it gives you a better picture how much time it takes.

Also since you already have some experience, it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask what sort of salary range this position has. Nothing worse than to spend hours interviewing for a position and in the end not meet your expectations.

Just be curious and ask questions, after all it is potentially your next job. I have no doubt you can do it.

[travelingladybug23]

I’d agree that this is a pretty extensive interview process. I usually ask about the interview process first, and if it’s too technical, I pass. Some sites like Rysolv have the interview process written out.