Electric Era interview questions

Combined interview time was 5 hours: 2 half-hour interviews with people on the team, an hour-long presentation to a panel on a topic of my choosing, and 4 separate one-on-ones with people outside the team. On top of this, I was given essentially a homework assignment to write a 1-pg mock grant application to assess my writing skills. During this process, I was told several times that I would likely be given the role, including by the Chief Rev. Officer himself. However, I had one last one-on-one with the company CEO, who asked me questions that I believe are unlawful: he questioned my citizenship status (not my work eligibility, my actual citizenship status) and prodded which country my parents were from even when I tried skirting around those questions. He was also just an incredibly weird vibe outside of that tbh. Regardless, for reasons I’m sure were *completely* unrelated to my interaction with the CEO, I was ghosted after 5+ hours of interview time :) It’s always a great feeling to have to follow up with the team to get a formal rejection sans feedback.

I was asked to complete a coding challenge as part of the interview process. While the coding task itself was manageable, the requirements also included preparing detailed documentation such as a user guide and an overview of the code, which took several days of focused effort to complete. Despite investing significant time and submitting everything as requested, I never received any follow-up, acknowledgment, or even a simple thank-you from the company. This lack of basic communication and appreciation made it one of the most disappointing and unprofessional interview experiences I’ve had.