I went to an interview at minio's office back in early 2017 and had the most bizarre interview I have ever had as a software engineer.
I went into the office and met the two founders. Both were nice and welcoming, but it felt like there was absolutely zero process or structure in the company at all. They didn't have a product or vision. It was more or less "we're building cool stuff".
I wasn't asked a single technical or business question. I was asked what I would like to work on and they suggested I come into the office and do some open source work on whatever I want and if I enjoyed it they would hire me.
Not a bad experience, but very bizarre and out of the norm.
Having worked there for 3 years, I completely agree. There are no processes for anything. I believe this is because they expect the entire company to work hard to please the CEO and his wife, who is not qualified but has a lot of power.
It's sad because this was a great product that grew to be what it was as a result of community interest, and now they're destroying the community version to try to force revenue. Maybe they'll even triple the price again for no reason other than that they can.
Feels like the last sentence would have been the sentiment to lead off with. "Strangest" carries a negative connotation that doesn't feel fair here especially when coupled with an apparently negative headline about a money grab.
Sounds like they gave up on technical interviews and hoped their reputation was enough to get people to submit work for free in the hopes of a paid position.
Fly does something similar, except they pay you for the evaluation work.
As long as they don't keep the work both sides are really throwing effort away as it should be.. One might be going into technical interviews with no prep but one threw a lot away to get to that point and potentially loses a lot in negotiation potential from doing no prep.
I went into the office and met the two founders. Both were nice and welcoming, but it felt like there was absolutely zero process or structure in the company at all. They didn't have a product or vision. It was more or less "we're building cool stuff".
I wasn't asked a single technical or business question. I was asked what I would like to work on and they suggested I come into the office and do some open source work on whatever I want and if I enjoyed it they would hire me.
Not a bad experience, but very bizarre and out of the norm.