I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at The Trade Desk (Irvine, CA) in Sep 2019
Interview
Brief conversation with HR... Skipped meeting with anyone else, and proceeded to give me take home test. Initially my gut said no... I read through glassdoor, and it seemed like not a great place to work. Eventually I relented, and gave them a shot. Not a great idea.
For the position you are given one problem (which I won't elaborate on for their sakes). It's a vague problem at best. There are a lot of elements that are unsaid and you will be judged harshly. One other issue is the language choice. Don't pick C++, not because the language is difficult (it's not). They give that as an option but they don't know it. Case in point I got dinged for something I actually did provide a solution for, but... they had no idea (and unless you specifically point it out they won't know). Further the problem they give isn't solvable with the parameters they give due to fundamental misunderstandings on how the different languages work. Do yourself a favor and stick with C# or Java. I missed one area I should have got, which normally would be a bring the person in to talk... not so here. I had a better experience with Google. The way they handled it, I'm glad it didn't work out... I would have been miserable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can't say... but it's very vague what you are asked to do. Spend time going back and forth with engineers. They really should fix the question so you really know what you are supposed to solve.
I applied online. I interviewed at The Trade Desk (Singapore) in Feb 2026
Interview
1. Applied Online.
2. Received/Completed Hackerrank Online Assessment.
3. Recruiter call about the role, salary expectations and leveling -- expecting next technical interview
4. One week later recruiter reached out that the role has been filled.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at The Trade Desk in Sep 2025
Interview
Online Assessment, followed by a Hiring Manager interview that was System Design + Behavioral. Didn't pass that stage, was not given a reason, but I assume it was the system design portion. Next stage would have been a loop (2 coding + 1 system design).
I interviewed at The Trade Desk (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
- recruiter
- hiring manager chat about exp
- coding screen
- onsite
Overall pretty standard interview and good experience hence why i joined. interviews were collaborative and practical rather than obscure algorithms