I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Indeed
Interview
Dropped off resume at career fair, was offered a technical screen interview the next day. Had 2 people interview me, asked me some questions about my resume and a data structure design problem.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (New York, NY) in Jun 2017
Interview
An employee referred me and I received an invitation to schedule some time to chat with a recruiter. The call went well and I know this because I was told by the recruiter that he had matched me to a position in one of the offices and said I would be a good fit for Indeed's culture. He said I should here from the particular office in the next week or so. After not hearing for 2 weeks, I sent an email about an update asking if there was anything else they needed from me. I didn't get a response. I sent another email two weeks after that to which I received a quick reply that the position the recruiter attached me to closed and he attached me to a new position and emailed the recruiter to let him know about my application. Again, I never received a response after a month. I am just extremely frustrated with this process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Indeed (Austin, TX)
Interview
1. Phone screen with a HR.
2. Video interview with head of data science and one other person asking simple coding question (merge two sorted lists and K-sorted lists) and a simple probability calculation (using Bayes Theorem).
3. Take home assignment where you have to write code to predict salary with a shot write-up
4. On-site with team:
a. Software Engineering interview: study trees
b. Know how to build a recommendation engine in 1.5 hours (or something simple that works)
c. Talk through standard modeling questions (mostly related to rec engines)
d. Probability and statistics questions (lots of coin flipping puzzles)
Overall their interview process was fairly exhausting compared to other tech companies. They also seem to have a higher bar of technical rigor, which is fine but surprising since they're a Tier-2 tech company (still a great tech company none-the-less).
The head of DS was really welcoming but a lot of the other team members were not particularly pleasant to speak to. Overall fairly neutral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make sure to study recommendation engines, since this is the bread and butter of their work. They don't really have any interest in your work experience, like many tech interviews.