I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ramp (New York, NY) in Feb 2024
Interview
Smooth, quick, and organized. It beging with a recruiter call, where you explain your background and intentions. Then you get passed onto the hiring manager. If you pass that, you get to do a whiteboarding challenge, then a virtual onsite. Unfortunately, I was rejected after the hiring manager stage. However, it was a very smooth, quick, and organized process and the recruiter, Christian Chung, was so friendly! He really supported me throughout the whole process and couldn't have asked for a better partner during such a stressful and intimidating experience.
I had a 30 minute phone call with hiring manager and was asked standard questions about previous experience and how design is a part of all aspects of my life.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a personal/passion project you’ve worked on outside of work
The interviewer was not even interested in nor aware of my application at all. No preparation and had not much relative questions. Also, they suddenly changed the scope of the role. In the job description, it didn't say you need to 'code'. It's a 'designer' position, not a 'design system engineer'. But then I was told this role will be 20-30% coding. To be honest, I was offended. I wasted my time to prepare this interview, like, knowing about this company and role and so on. Why did you not update your job description or looking for a 'Product Designer' if you are looking for someone to code? That's not the right scope. DESIGNERS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO CODE. Literally wasting my time and most of the questions were about 'Do you know how to code?'. Y'all are better to hire a better Talent/HR team or set the right job position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CODE? THIS ROLE REQUIRES 20-30% OF CODING.