The worst experience of my life. They made me do a mock call with a person who kept interrupting me and made it incredibly difficult. I don't recommend this company.
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Difficult interview
Application
I interviewed at Toast Inc
Interview
Cleared 4-5 rounds with them. Had good discussions with their DoP and engineering folks.
The final round was with their India site leader. She is someone they hired from Amazon. She asked me what I was looking for in my next stint. Amongst other things, I mentioned that I am also looking for some resemblance of a work life balance (for context I was working in a start up where I had not taken a day off in last 14 months, no Saturdays , no Sundays). The moment I said this, she responded with sarcasm, "that oh so you want to join here just so that you can chill out". I knew, I didn't want to work for such a leader. So I just managed to somehow thank her for her time and get off the call.
I want to say a lot more on the topic, but I will leave it up to karma to give the "leader" her due.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are things you are looking for next in your career?
The worst experience of my life. They made me do a mock call with a person who kept interrupting me and made it incredibly difficult. I don't recommend this company.
Fine - just a bit more dragged out than I'd like. Team seemed a bit more focused on the job at hand than passion for the company. Many rounds + presentation.