I applied online. I interviewed at Fetch (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
Absolutely abysmal interview. A huge red flag is that the coding test they give you before you've talked to anyone is to make an entire website that calls on their API to perform several tasks. This is at least a day of free labor, more so if you follow the unsubtle push to add extra features or make it look polished. There is no deadline on delivering this, which I suppose goes for communication from the recruiter as well. The documentation for their API was unclear in a couple instances, and after exhausting several options, I reached out to my recruiter for clarification. They completely ghosted me, leaving my project blocked for several weeks. I literally can't move forward to submitting the final result because the person who said I should e-mail them any questions is not answering any of my questions.
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During the interview, I introduced myself and shared my past experiences. I discussed my take-home assessment, answered coding and work-style questions, and engaged in a conversation to learn more about the company and its culture.
As others have mentioned I received an automated take home assessment before speaking to anyone, any mention of salary expectations, which team the position would be joining, etc. Despite the giant "red flag" I took the time to build a fully deployed site meeting all the "requirements" and using the tech stack mentioned in the job requisition. After submitting the challenge I received an automated rejection email stating "Unfortunately, for compliance reasons we are unable to share specific feedback at this time" along with some other email template nonsense. I really don't appreciate these types of business practices. If you have the audacity to ask this many people to invest a significant amount of time on your interview without ever revealing the smallest amount details about your company or the role the least you could offer is some feedback. Feels like the worst of the modern day job market problems all bundled into one company. I would steer away from this one as there are many great companies out there with great people trying to do things the right way, IMHO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Complete a take home assessment:
-Write code at your leisure
-We look at the merits of your code sample vs your resume
-Reduce bias towards you & your resume
-We will review your code exercise within 24-48 hours
-You must be able to start within 2-4 weeks upon receiving an offer
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fetch (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
-Was sent me a take-home coding assignment that was described as 'a few hours' of work. However, the actual requirements included building multiple pages with API integration, plus hosting the application. To deliver professional-quality work and show best practices, this would realistically take 10+ hours to complete.
-Despite the recruiter stating a 24-48 hour review timeline, I never received any response to my submission. My follow-up emails also went unanswered.
-Extreme lack of communication
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build a React web app with user authentication that lets people search, filter, and favorite from an API.