Several phone interviews followed by in-person interviews. Similar to some other interview reviews, all interviews were positive with the result of the final interview being a statement that I would "DEFINITELY BE HEARING FROM SOMEONE TOMORROW" . . . then nothing. The tone of the final interview, and the context of the above statement, was such that I was certain I would be receiving an offer. I was never able to get another official communication from Nav again. Since that time, I have had multiple people proactively reach out to me and indicate that the two founders have parted ways, and that the CEO is now focused on making Nav a 'Pillar of inclusiveness'. Further, regardless of my skills/experience/interview, I had been excluded from consideration so that the position may be filled by someone who checked the appropriate 'inclusive' boxes. I am fine with a company using whatever criteria it desires for hiring, but I wasted a lot of time with interviews and travel and was then given the impression that I would be offered a position. During this time, I slow-played other options, leading me to miss a different opportunity. I accept that this was a risk I took; I only wish I had taken the risk with more insight into what was REALLY going on, and that I was never REALLY being considered. This is the reason that I am writing this review, to hopefully save someone else from making the same mistake I did. Based on the unofficial information that I have received, and granted it is hearsay, I would suggest not wasting your time interviewing with Nav, unless you would be considered a strong hire for 'inclusiveness'.

My interview consisted of building a REST client for the Star Wars API in Elixir. The first criticism the interviewer threw at me was that I had "forgotten to add my REST library to the application function in mix.exs." This advice was ancient Elixir information that was deprecated years ago. Not only that, but loading libraries in this way actually breaks Elixir's new method of loading supervised libraries. I finished the Star Wars API implementation successfully in spite of the interviewers outdated/incorrect interjections. They also had a company-paid lunch as part of the interview process. I politely declined their lunch offer due to dietary restrictions. Later, my recruiter told me that Nav passed on me because I "didn't listen to the advice of the interviewer and didn't seem to be a team-player because I turned down lunch." I've been encouraged by the same recruiter to interview at Nav twice. Both times my experience was negative with their interviewers.