The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Groupon (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2011
Interview
Company is very attentive to applicants and was quick to get back to me about interview results. They informed me I would find out the outcomes of both interviews on a specific day and they were good about sticking to it! I had an easy phone interview then was asked to do a second round in their Chicago office. This was an interview day for all people applying for the summer internship program.
Despite their earlier organization, this interview orientation was highly unorganized with strange transitions, awkward breaks, mix ups with interviewees and recruiters, and lack of knowledge of jobs descriptions. I never received a clear understanding of what my job would entail and the recruiters seemed to improvise everything. This was the first summer they would provide an internship program to undergraduates, so I give them leeway for that, but I imagine the company to be just as disorganized as this event was. I originally looked past all of these negative things that stood out to me (disorganized event, recruiter during phone interview didn't introduce self, no information about job role in internship) because I glamorized working here. I see know, having not been accepted, that this is best and I don't think I could work with an overwhelmingly unsystematic company.
Recruiters and other staff were very friendly and the building space is very cool!
I applied online. I interviewed at Groupon in Jan 2026
Interview
Smooth, structured, fast responses, good overviews of the role and expectations from interviewers. Exposure to prominent figures in the company. Refreshing that interviews weren’t too structured, and conversations flowed naturally. Something that is rare for such established companies.
Fun to learn more about the company. Not sure if it was a good fit, but met lots of cool people along the way! Decided to pursue other things. Great that it was started in Chicago.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Groupon (Dublin, Dublin) in Nov 2016
Interview
Applied through on campus meeting. One hour interview on site in Dublin. Very nice people, didn't get the offer unfortunately. Brush up on your fundamentals and data structures/algorithms because they will ask you about them