Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Asana (San Francisco, CA) nel mese di feb 2016
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Reached out to a recruiter, she set up a phone screen and sent me a coding challenge afterward (same one that everyone else got). The phone interview was with one of their engineers and pretty much followed what everyone else said about valid BST, product of array except itself, and designing 2048. The onsite was 1 whiteboard, lunch, 1 whiteboard, coding test, 1 whiteboard. Everyone was very friendly and seemed really smart. The onsite was one of the harder ones I've gone through because they asked a variety of technical questions that weren't your standard Leetcode questions and required a lot of thought.
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k closest points to (0,0); merge 2 sorted lists of length n and m with only m extra space, n > m; find largest sum of consecutive integers in array, then do it using 2 threads; design DB tables so that adding an attribute isn't expensive; integer division in < O(n) time; create data structure to serialize XML/HTML; question about dependencies and printing them out in order; design a jigsaw puzzle and an algorithm to solve it
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Asana nel mese di mag 2026
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Initial screening went well and I felt genuinely excited about the opportunity. The technical interview itself was different from what the preparation PDF described — less collaborative, minimal engagement from the interviewer's side. I didn't receive any feedback after the session; the interviewer went on sick leave and I waited several weeks before receiving a rejection email.
I'm fine with rejection — that's part of the process. What was harder was the uncertainty and the lack of feedback. The prep materials set clear expectations around collaboration and communication, and the actual experience didn't match that.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Asana nel mese di feb 2026
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Overall, it was a good experience. There was one interviewer who acted standoff-ish and strange. But, for the most part, it was conducted very professionally.
What I didn't like was the Systems interview question, which is a very specific modelling problem and unless you've worked on building such a feature, it's unlikely that you'll recognize such a pattern and come up with a decent solution. And for a mid-level position, it's quite surprising. But I guess they gotta justify the high comps somehow. Also, infrastructure knowledge is not tested at all in this interview, which is atypical.
The coding interviews were great. Study typical LLD problems. Leetcode is minimal and simple. Focus on understanding patterns and not memorizing solutions.
The HM interview was great. He probed in ways typical EMs have never done before, and it gave me a really good impression of the company and his team, despite also not passing this interview, which I take full responsibility for.
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Tell me about a time you experienced mentorship, as a mentor or a mentee
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Asana (Vancouver, BC)
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classic lc style medium question, and some basic intro be havioral in technical. good inter viewers. made sure the ex perience is pleasant for interviewee. did not get offer tho.
