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They give you a take home coding assessment. They give you a full-stack web application with a set of issues spanning security, performance, reliability, and developer tooling. Your task is to audit the system, diagnose the problems, and implement fixes — all without breaking existing functionality. You are encouraged to use any AI or LLM tools

First Round was LLM based Refactoring Assessment and had to do 5 tasks with help of AI but highly encouraged to do documentation and write tests yourself, I felt the time was too less to do 5 tasks in an unknown repo and just using AI to do all 5 problems wasn't the task I guess

Reached out directly to the founder despite there being no open roles for my experience level. This led to a Technical Assessment, a Take-Home Assignment, and Interview Rounds, ultimately resulting in an offer to join the team.

An Android interview process—especially for mid to senior roles like yours—usually has multiple stages designed to test both your coding ability and real-world Android expertise. It’s rarely just “write some code”; companies want to see how you think, design, and debug.

I gave the automated test, the question was pretty straightforward and I thought I did a good job too. But, I was rejected and was not given a feedback on my performance.