DraftKings interview questions

I was not actively looking but was contacted by technical recruiter by email. With all of the recent new on them, I decided to learn more mostly because they are obviously making something unique happen with all of the attention they are getting. First call with recruiter told me that they are definitely more selective than most or at least any recruiter that I've talked to in 15 years and 4 jobs worth of a career. Actually, it made me think that every other company is doing it wrong from a recruiting perspective. He had psuedo techincal questions that would absolutely screen out the less than average engineer and seemed to understand tech more than any recruiter I've encountered before. Moved on to a remote coding exercise and then an onsite interview. I found the evaluation process to be very reasonable. You can't fake these folks out with hand wavy responses. They're looking for engineers and in particular engineering leaders who know their stuff. Honestly, I was once what they want but have let my hands-on slip too much and whereas I was able to solve the coding challenges it was clear to them that I really rusty. They were forthcoming and honest with feedback that I didn't make the cut. Frankly, I learned a lot about myself from the interview. I missed because I let myself get too hands-off. I have to fix that and plan to. DraftKings is definitely the type of company that I want to be part of. Innovative, growing, great talent, operating above the noise, etc. I feel like I have to point something out here ... having read Glassdoor reviews by other interviewees ... seems like some are written by self-important engineers ... you know, the arrogant, "I'm smarter than you type" who got humbled in the interview and who's fragile egos / socially insecurities could not take it so they lash out incognito on Glassdoor. You missed the cut. You're not a smart as you think you are. Get over yourself. I'd recommend engineering at DraftKings to any engineer. You'll work with super smart engineers in a fun environment on interesting solutions.

I applied for a Marketing Specialist position and was contacted via email the next day to setup a screening with the recruiter. He was friendly and said he would submit my resume in for 4 different positions. He told me that if I didn't hear from him in a week to reach back out. I emailed him the next week since I hadn't heard from him. I then heard from another recruiter that I would have a phone interview for this position. The interview call went well - I followed up with a thank you email. I didn't hear back from the hiring manager or the recruiter. I emailed the recruiter the following week and was told that another candidate had been chosen, and when I asked about the other 3 positions my resume had been sent in for, I did not receive a response.