First, I took a take home test. Afterwards, I took a screening phone call before I was invited.
I honestly think this job isn't worth the time you invest in it. There are more reviews under their old name PennyPop, so you guys can look up some more information about the place. I encourage you too.
In Person Interview:
When you walk in, there is no receptionist, and a wall full of shoes, so You sit there awkwardly walking along their development team that honestly looks like a sweat shop. A lot of people cramped into a small room that smells like feet and sweat. Oh, and I sat on a folding party chair during my interview. WRKSHP is in a nice building, so you will feel tricked into believing your in a nice place until you walk in. They'll give you an excuse about being a "profiting start up" so they can't afford any of the luxuries like giving their engineers good chairs or some elbow room. The bare minimum in comforts.
Then I interviewed with two engineers who gave me straightforward algorithms questions. One of the engineers told me that he honestly told me that WRKSHP (He still called it Pennypop) was a temporary gig while he figures some things out. He had to work here because his last place lost funding. That was his answer for my question, "Where do you see this company going?"
"It's a stepping stone," the manager told me who continued with the same tone. I felt like I should have left there, or like they were purposefully trying to get me to leave. I already paid for parking for the whole day and cut out a chunk of my own time. I was going to meet a friend for dinner afterwards, so I stayed. Plus, it's polite to stay and finish the process. I read a review below me...and it seems like they didn't do the person the same courtesy.
The CFO wanted to interview me at the end. He walked in, and hadn't even read my resume. He looked upset, like I had bothered him today by showing up. He was trying to find my resume on his laptop, gave up, and just asked me to repeat it. He showed little to no interest, and I was puzzled why he's there. I could see he was working on something while I was talking. "Multi-tasking." He asked me like 1 question, "Do you like games?" Then he expected me to carry the rest of the conversation and ask all the questions. I got tired, and I'm pretty sure he could tell that I didn't care about this place at all because I just didn't care by this point. I guess he does exists as the final challenge. See if you can get past an interview with a man who doesn't care about the fact that you spent money and time to see him.
I walked out thinking that I wasted a day. I took a vacation day to come here? I didn't let WRKSHP ruin my day. I grabbed dinner with my friend, we went out and saw the sights, and had a great time despite this horrid place.
I feel bad for the assistant or whoever is going to reply with to this comment.
