Interview at — Product Engineer

Take-home (4 days) → product critique → eng panel → founder chat. They take 'product engineer' seriously: the take-home was a small but real feature, judged on craft + product thinking.

Rounds

1
Recruiter · 20m
2
Take-home · 4 days, 3-4hrs
3
Critique walk-through · 60m
4
Engineering panel · 60m
5
Founder chat · 30m

Questions asked

Q1
“Why did you cut the search field in your take-home?”
Q2
“When would you NOT use Linear?”
Q3
“Tell me about a feature you killed.”