SmartThings Interview Questions

Did 5 interviews; then had to follow up for 5 weeks for them to passively decline with no feedback… It didn’t seem like any of the 5 knew what they wanted - I had positive exchanges with all of them…

Had an initial call that lasted 3 minutes, all questions could've easily been answered online or via email. Then got an email to set up the interview. Then had a behavioral interview that went very well, was told during it that I'd be moving on to the next round and would receive an email to set up the final interview. The next day I received a generic rejection email saying they had moved on with other candidates and can't provide feedback. Like I get that sometimes other people are a better fit but why tell me I'm moving on?????? Waste of my time

1) First Round - HR Screen (talks about background etc) 2) Second Round - Hiring Manager Screen. Here is the thing that threw me off, it was such a pleasant conversation, about background, nothing technical at all. Then the next day I got rejected. Which was super weird, I have never had that experience before. I checked and saw this was a pretty common thing as indicated in the previous reviews, so I am guessing they have to interview people for internal fills. This is such a waste of time for everyone involved, I wouldn't bother interviewing with a company that practices this.

Overall it was a very nice interview process for me. I interviewed in June 2022. I was a little worried seeing how some previous reviews went, but overall the experience was very positive. 1) I applied online and received an email the next day to schedule a phone screen. 2) I talked to a recruiter for about 15 minutes about my general background, what I'm interested in, why I'm looking. Overall, a very pleasant discussion. 3) I then was invited to schedule an interview with the manager of the team hiring. This was all conversation based with no technical questions. Just going over my background in depth and general HR questions. This lasted about 45 minutes. I was impressed with how fun the conversation was. 4) I was invited to schedule 2 more interviews (I think in the past these were together). There was a behavioral and technical interview, each an hour long. 4.1) The behavior interview was conversation based as well and was pretty easy. We talked about my approach to learning and general questions about how I go about challenges. This went well. 4.2) The technical did not have any coding. This was also conversational based and talked in depth about my resume and my technical experience. We talked about what I did in my current role and the interviewers asked questions directed towards my current work. Some of these questions caught me off guard and I missed some sub questions that were asked. 5) Surprisingly, 2 days later I got an offer via the recruiter and a few days after that I accepted. Overall, this was a very pleasant interview process. All interviews were conversation based which was very cool. Perhaps previous reviewers got different recruiters or got lost in the automated aspects of the process. Scheduling, next steps, etc. are all automated so I suppose people could be missed or something. The whole process from application to offer was about 2 weeks.

I have never had an interview like this but this was the worst interview I ever had. It lasted a whole 7 minutes when it was supposed to be 30. The interviewer sounded like they were in a rush. They only asked my experience with the 6 technologies listed. I'm familiar with 4 of them. The other question was salary, which they said they didn't know what the range was (yeah okay). So I don't know what disqualified me. Very disappointed.

Phone interview with HR. Lasted 10 minutes. She asked me about salary expectations, experience with specific technologies and why do I want to work there. She assured me that I will get a follow-up either a text message either a phone call or an email if they decide to move forward or not. I told her that I'm actively interviewing and that I would appreciate a fast response from them. 1 month passed since then and sure enough no call, no email no message.

I had two phone screening interviews. One was with an outsourced recruiting firm and one with the internal recruiter. Both interviews were focused on minimum qualifications, so it felt like an repeat for the second interview. During the second interview, the recruiter mentioned that he was working with internal leaders to let them know that the hiring manager alone should make the decision about the candidate rather than having the candidate meet the team and have them weigh in on the decision. Having the team weigh in seems like a much better use of time than duplicative screening interviews. As a candidate, I would also like to have some insight into my potential future team. I didn't get an offer but I did get a rejection e-mail that stated: "Unfortunately, we are not able to have further discussions at this time or provide specific feedback on our decision and next steps." This is a good indicator that this wouldn't be the type of culture where I would thrive. It is pretty clear that SmartThings does not have a culture of compassion, collaboration, or feedback.

Super casual and nice interview process. They had me go through a total of 3 rounds. First round was with the hiring manager, about 30 minutes, discussed general background and experience as well as company culture and fit. Second round was about 45 minutes, with the manager of the team I'd work on. We talked a bit more about what the work was like, the tech stack, and my experience overall, some technical database questions, and general OOP questions. The third round was with the entire team I'd work with. This round was about an hour. I got to know the team members, what the work was like, some past issues, and such. They asked me general CS questions, looked over some of my old code, and just generally got to know what I'm capable of. The interview process was fairly quick, faster than any other company I'd applied to. They got back to me with an offer 2 days after my final interview. Overall it was a very enjoyable experience. Everyone was super professional and down to earth.

Three rounds of interviews as follow: 1. HR screening, the recruiter was super nice and he was obviously very proud of SmartThings and succeeded in getting me even more excited to interview. 2. Hiring Manager, introduced the position and the scope of his team. Asked about my experience, we just had a really nice conversation about tech and what my interests are. 3. Technical Interview, a Senior Dev on the team talked to me about technology. No coding challenge although I had crammed really hard to prepare for one. I was asked hypothetical high-level questions about system design. Again, a really fun conversation with a really nice guy.

They sent me a link to schedule an interview so I scheduled mine for the next day. The next day, I wake up and get an email saying they don't want to move forward with my application. If that's the case, then say so in the first place...