J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez CarGurus (Boston, MA) en juill. 2019
Entretien
The process started with the usual recruiter phone call. Next was a technical 1h phone screen which included some live coding of simple SQL queries and algorithmic questions. Then four hours of onsite interviews plus a surprise half-hour lunch with four random engineers.
The onsite interviews felt a bit like Groundhog Day, going over the same concepts over and over again. In 3 out of 4 interviews I was asked to write SQL queries, then implement some algorithm problem. In the other one, only algorithm questions. We never discussed in depth any of my past projects. We never had a system design question. Not much technical discussion either. Not sure if it's their usual way of interviewing or just lack of coordination, but it all seemed pretty one-dimensional, especially for a more senior position.
The positive note is that they try to come up with questions based on real world problems they have faced, so you get a glimpse of the kind of things they do.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez CarGurus
Entretien
I was approached by the CarGurus sourcer on LinkedIn and then introduced to a recruiter. Initial phone call went well. Had a phone screen with one of the engineers on the team. Cleared it as the questions were very easy and was asked for availability for onsite. They have 2 virtual rounds and 2 in person rounds. For the 2 virtual rounds one of the interviewers wasn’t prepared well. She had some weird question and when asked for clarification she kept blabbering about the use case instead of the intrinsic details of the problem. For the in person onsite they asked me for the availability and after confirming I couldn’t attend due to health reason and respectfully asked to postpone the date. I was given a new date but this time again postponed due to a team member not being available. When I asked for new date, I didn’t hear back from them for a week and later received a rejection email. Very unprofessional behavior I must say.
Typical screening call with a recruiter followed by a one hour technical interview. During the technical interview neither interviewees turned their camera on which was rather disrespectful. The technical questions weren’t difficult but when I would try to further clarify my answer I would get cut off and rushed to the next question. Overall a strange experience and will not be moving forward with this company.
Interview contained 2 parts: - live coding: simple SQL tasks, 1 task from leetcode and 1 open task for tree knowledge - something like system design interview. Interviewer described me a problem and I suggested different approaches, but each time I tried to propose any other option, he kept asking only about caching approach. Didn't like that part to be honest. At the end there were also general questions like "describe yours hardest task".