Asana Senior Software Engineer interview questions

The whole process took two months from first contact till decision (mainly because of holidays and logistics). First there were two phone screening calls which I found engaging and refreshing: questions that probe your knowledge and experience with close to real-world situations. No gotcha questions. Even though the position I was applying to is for the Vancouver BC office, a decision was made to interview me on-site in the San Francisco HQ. The idea was for me to have a feel of the company’s culture, which honestly left me favourably impressed after a brief tour and conversations with people. There’s truly something special going on here in terms of the culture they managed to create and maintain. The questions revolved around past projects of mine, a “how would you implement this” kind of scenario, a coding test (50’ with my own laptop), and code review of said test. Again no gotcha questions here, so being prepared and going over my own work paid off. But… I have a moderate form of Asperger's Syndrome. Among other things this manifests itself by me missing social cues during conversations (i.e. “lecture mode”), avoidance of eye contact, intense focus on a single area of interest, you get the idea. On regular days that’s not a problem since I can allocate some energy to purposely take care of the social side of things, but during this interview I devoted 100% of my energy to solving the technical problem in front of me. And that’s where I failed: communication. For me doing both would be like juggling chainsaws and chewing gum at the same time. Some people can do it, but I guess that’s one wall I cannot climb despite my technical competence. Asana is a very inclusive organization, but I don’t see how they could accommodate people with AS considering their emphasis on interpersonal communication. Of course I could be wrong. TLDR; great place/culture but if you have Asperger’s Syndrome, this might not be a good fit for you.

Sent a resume. Got a rejection letter I wasn't a "fit", although I've send the same resume to Amazon, Google and LinkedIn and got calls, follow up interviews, interviews in process, and an offer from one (rejected as the move/relocation/team wasn't ideal for our family after researching the move). Found Asana and culture description, great product (we actually use where I work), and online looked like a very appealing, open and a diverse culture. A bit surprised I couldn't be a fit, unless their diversity doesn't include more seasoned (aka age discriminated people). Overall, odd in the last month, every resume I've sent has been responded to with either a follow up call, interview, or onsite. There were 2 positions I applied for at Asana, both that I've delivered large scale solutions still working in the marketplace today. Looking at the profiles on Linkedin of their current engineers, the only difference I see is I'm more qualified and older ;-) Apparently the latter part weighs more negatively? Dunno, if you are thinking of applying and over 45. Maybe expect a pass from them. Be curious instead of a generic response here, if Asana has any real "diversity" number showing how many engineers they have that are over 45 and female/male?