I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Compass (New York, NY) in Jun 2018
Interview
One recruiter interview, 2 phone screens, 4 rounds onsite. Recruiter was very prompt, as fast as 10 minutes after my phone screens. Onsite was poorly managed with manager and staff reporting late and me having to wait in the waiting room for 20+ mins. Interviewers were nice though
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
1st - Insert delete getRandom, 2nd - General discussion on how hashmaps work internally and fun discussion about OOP interfaces
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Compass (Bellevue, WA)
Interview
Pretty chill. Three rounds of debugging, technical (leetcode), and behavioral, which was more like high-level with AI assistance. The values did not come up very much while going through the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Had us do an AI round about forms and matching things.
Debugging, technical, then behavioral. I had been given two language options for the debugging portion (Java or Python) during the phone interview then when I went to the onsite there seemed to be a miscommunication because the interview said I could use JS since I was applying as a frontend engineer. The debugging was pretty doable, the behavioral was odd but fine.
The interview process felt chaotic and poorly organized. What I was asked in the interview didn’t align with what HR told me to expect, and the interview started late. The lack of alignment between HR and the interviewer made it feel like the company overall may be chaotic. Afterward, HR’s follow-ups were generic and robotic, and the employer also mentioned layoffs, which added to the uncertainty. Overall, it didn’t feel worth the effort.
