The interview process involved multiple stages, including a substantial technical assignment based on provided Figma specifications that required several days of work and went far beyond a typical screening exercise. Later stages included system design discussions on real operational problems such as workflow automation and payment processing.
While technically interesting, the overall process felt unbalanced in terms of time investment versus evaluation value. There were also delays in communication during the process, and after completion I did not receive any meaningful technical feedback. The final outcome was a standard rejection without further explanation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design and automate a payment processing workflow using Stripe while handling failures, retries, and optional human approval steps?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Pillway in Sep 2025
Interview
I applied for a QA role at Pillway and was asked to complete their “Packfinder” assessment as the first step. The email said it would take ~10 minutes, but in reality, it contained 172 repetitive psychological questions — most of which had zero relevance to the actual role.
To be very honest, I have gone through many technical interview processes in my career, and I’ve never seen a company use such an outdated and irrelevant approach. For a technical role in the software industry, I expected questions that evaluate my skills, problem-solving, or experience — not a personality test that felt more like something from a self-help website.
The whole process felt like a waste of time and gave me a negative impression of the company’s hiring standards. If Pillway truly wants to attract serious engineers, they should rethink their approach and focus on meaningful, skill-based evaluations instead of long, irrelevant psychological assessments.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The entire first stage was a personality/psychometric assessment with questions like: “In business, honest people do better than dishonest ones.”