I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Clipboard in Jan 2023
Interview
I had a basic screening interview that seemed pleasant enough. Clipboard Health really emphasized the culture there in a way that made it sound so great to work there. Then they sent me a coding task which involved building an authenticated Rest API with Node.js in a Docker container, and performing some calculations like finding some averages/min/max of some salary data grouped in different categories, along with complete tests.
I was a little annoyed because that's more than the couple of hours of work I was told their challenge should take, but decided to go forward with it. They said to take a week or even more, but started sending me nagging emails a few days later asking when this would be done. Despite interviewing with other companies and being busy, I was feeling pressure from them to deliver quicker so I eventually sat down and completed the entire task.
I went to go upload my .zip file on their provided form, but the form wasn't even setup to handle anything but a document file. Am I supposed to send a Word document containing my code? I sent a very friendly message telling them I'm done with their assignment and explaining the issue with their form and asking them how they'd like me to proceed. The response was worded in a rude way, acting like they were doing me a favor by deciding to help.
After sleeping on the decision, I decided to cut my losses and sent them a professional email withdrawing from consideration. They weren't even curious enough to ask why I wouldn't want to proceed when I had told them I had already completed the assignment. I have no idea what working in this company is actually like, but something about their recruiting process seems very broken based on my experience and the numerous other comments I'm seeing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My take home test was to build an authenticated Rest API with Node.js in a Docker container (more details described within the Interview process section)
The interview process starts with a 90 minute take-home assignment followed by an initial interview. After that, candidates complete a 3 day Technical Design Document (TDD) assignment and review interview, then finish with a final hiring manager interview.
Both take-home assignments were genuinely fun and interesting problems to work through. After each one, you meet with an engineer to discuss your approach, the decisions you made, and alternative solutions, which made the process feel collaborative rather than adversarial. It was also a great opportunity to talk with people you could potentially be working with.
The final stage focused more on past experience and technical discussions around previous projects and problems I’ve worked on.
Overall, the interview process was well organized, moved fairly quickly, and the team was very supportive throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about a project you worked on that you’re proud of?
I applied online. I interviewed at Clipboard in Apr 2026
Interview
Initial screening is all automated. They give you access to a small repo and a simple JavaScript endpoint to complete. Based on those results you proceed to next steps. I was rejected by initial screening, which was odd considering my output was the same they had in acceptance criteria. They also say the output didn’t pass their scripts, but they can’t provide feedback? Why not send the script result output? Either I missed something simple, or there were gaps in their instructions. Either way, would be easy to automate the feedback too if it’s just script output
Simple it starts with an assessment and then if you pass the assessment you get an interview based on assessment and then there is a documentation based assessment and the follow-up interview and then the final round interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your thought process going through the project