I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Qualtrics (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied online.
Went through 3 phone interviews and 1 video conference interview. All were technical and the last one was with a hiring manager.
They ask you about past experiences and past projects and expect you to be able to explain clearly what you did/accomplished.
About a week after the interview I received an offer.
From applying to receiving the offer, the process took a little over one month.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Consider a row of n coins of values v(1) . . . v(n), where n is even. We play a game against an opponent by alternating turns. In each turn, a player selects either the first or last coin from the row, removes it from the row permanently, and receives the value of the coin. Determine the maximum possible amount of money we can definitely win if we move first.
I had to write the greedy solution and then the optimal solution.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualtrics
Interview
The whole process was remote. I was referred by a friend who works here.
1. Chat with recruiter
2. Chat with hiring manager (behavioral questions)
3. Coding Question on hacker rank
4. System Design question - interviewer didn't turn on camera, said very little throughout the process
The recruiter told me that they had been slow in making a decision, that they will get back to me. They never got back to me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time that you made a mistake. How did you handle it?
Started with a Recruiter screen - overview about company
ML Knowledge - basics of LLMs and your relevant projects
LeetCode - two basic easy and med leetcode problems
Takes a long time to hear back after each round - better to reach out after each round to ask about next steps.
First step is recriuter screen. Then 45 min technical with a software engineer, final round is 90 min technical and 30 min behavioral. They will have you schedule them on a web service called goodtime. Interviewer was very friendly.