I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2021
Interview
- Simple phone screen with a recruiter.
- Well-organized email communication with the recruiting team
- Onsite loop (4 sessions I think)
- Leadership/culture fit sessions with the CTO and CEO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding: debug some JavaScript
System design 1: collaborative editor
System design 2: design a screen Forward doctors can use during physicals
Leadership interview with CTO
Leadership interview with CEO
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.