Pluralsight interview questions

* Contacted by HR phone screener, about a month and a half after I submitted an application online. This phone screen took about 10 minutes (I almost gave up because he was 15 minutes late in calling me and sounded very rushed). * One week later, had a 1:1 with the hiring manager, via "bluejeans" video conference. This was another basic interview, about projects I had worked on in the past, general data science knowledge. Pretty low-key, and lasted about an hour. * Another week later, had a take-home test, looking at some data similar to what they look like in their position and developing a model. Had the chance to do this over a weekend; was about 5-6 hours of work. * Then had a group discussion via bluejeans with hiring manager and 5 other team members; all but 2 were at different sites from each other. This took around 3 hours of time. Discussed my take-home project and more general data science questions. * I was then invited to come out to Farmington, UT, to have an on-site visit. At this point, I declined to move forward in the process, because the job didn't seem like a good fit for what I enjoy working on. It also seemed like a lateral move rather than a career-jump move, and I didn't want to relocate for this type of move.

I had to do a code assessment at home and send it in. Then I did a video interview. Then I had to go in for a half day onsite interview. The process was overkill. They knew what my skill level was after the video interview, and could have saved me the trouble of wasting my day at the onsite interview. I was totally out of my element and exhausted by the end because they hand you off to so many different people. I was interviewed by 10 different people throughout the process, so I found myself repeating the same answers over and over again. The paring sessions were cool but my lack of experience killed me. I am really good with concepts and can learn really fast, but the pairing sessions exposed my unfamiliarity with their stack and development environment. I could learn that stuff in a matter of days, but it was frustrating to look like an idiot when I know I could do the job well if they gave me a chance. Lastly, the whole place is full of returned LDS missionaries and I definately sensed the missionary culture there. Basically its a big club and if you don't fit in, you don't stand a chance. That culture first mentality is going to lead them toward stagnation and missed opportunities with candidates who are qualifies but think differently.