I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Whatnot (Washington, DC) in Nov 2022
Interview
I applied through their website. I received an email to set up an interview within 10 days of apllying. I was asked to choose a time with a Karat interviewer. I chose a time within a week. The first round was conducted on the Karat IDE and video environment. The interviewer was not actually from Whatnot but was a Karat employee. I was first asked to introduce myself and speak abut my projects. He then asked in detail on one of my projects. The next part of the interview was DSA. I was asked 2 questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. First question was an easy DSA array question. 2. Second one was the same question but on a 2D array.
Hirevue style interview then Karat technical interview. Asked leetcode easy then hard. Now I’m onto a 15 minute recruiter screening then technical interview with engineers if I pass then if I pass that another 2 problems (not sure if they’re data structure/algorithm problems) plus a behavioral
First was Hireview which was basic behavioral then Karat interview which went fine but got rejected then. Usually after is interview with Whatnot engineers but did not progress to that level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Valid Sub sudoku where you have to validate row and col for an n x n sudoku board
I applied online through their website which was easy to use. Then I received an invitation for a one-way video interview about a day later which took 15 mins total to complete.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What motivated you to apply to Whatnot?
If you have had time to spend time on the application, what did you like and what can be improved?
Tell us about your internship and work history.
Tell about a time when you went above and beyond to solve a problem at work
Tell us about your programming language expertise and how do you learn programming languages?
Are you ready to relocate? Do you require sponsorship?
