I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2020
Interview
Interview was four rounds:
- Phone screen with recruiter
- Technical interview with engineering lead
- 3 Back-to-back technical interviews with different engineers
- Two 1:1s with CEO and head of eng. before offer
Great! Focused system design + average leetcode questions. Behavioral interview was very nice and straightforward. Systems design interview include building a scribe tool for doctors to use. Was more a paired session with the interviewer.
It was pretty normal as far as interviews in tech go for entry level engineers. It felt like they were spending more time selling me on their product than on questioning me. Some standard Leetcode style question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something about the minimum travel distance on a keyboard grid.
Medium difficulty. Interviewed before the company abruptly shut down. Like the team, did not get many specifics about the business, particularly regarding the care pods. It was a few phone screens and then onsite.