J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez New York Times en mars 2020
Entretien
Got a random email from a recruiter and decided to pursue it. The process took quite long (2+ months), but overall it was a good experience.
1) Recruiter screen - my recruiter was a great communicator and always responsive. One of the better recruiters I talked to during this job search.
2) Technical phone screen - they ask what would be considered a LeetCode easy if it were on LeetCode, but it's not really a LeetCode type problem. It's just a simple string manipulation problem. I appreciated that it is somewhat unique and not just a cookie cutter algorithm problem. One other atypical thing is that there are two interviewers on the screen as opposed to just one.
3) On-site - They focus on culture fit and technical chops about 50/50. There are only two technical interviews, one system design and one coding. The coding was quite easy, just cookie cutter Leetcode easy problems. I easily finished two optimally in the time allotted. The system design one was a bit harder to read, my interviewers were not very chatty and I just went along with my design without them asking too many questions. I think I did well but It's hard to say if I was doing what they expected me to do. The non-technical interviews were a bit atypical for engineering interviews I would say, they were only thirty minutes each and very generic job interview type questions rather than specific to engineering. One thing I should mention is that every interview had at least two interviewers (I've never seen this before), which I guess was fine if not a little distracting.
Another thing I noticed is that the engineering team I talked to was quite diverse - a black engineer, and hispanic engineer, and more than one woman engineer. That was a bit refreshing and not what I am used to.
Overall I had a good experience and I thought I did quite well in the interviews, but ultimately I was not given an offer. The NYT seems like a great place to work and I was really bummed they didn't make an offer (and I don't really know where I messed up, they did not provide detailed feedback).
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez New York Times (New York, NY) en juill. 2024
Entretien
I don't know why I keep applying to this company. This was the third time I've applied over several years to various departments, and each time I canceled the interview process due to bad experiences or better job offers. This particular interview was similar to my prior interviews, but this one was especially poorly organized.
I had an hour and a half discussion that was broken up into two parts: hiring manager, Staff Engineer & a junior engineer (shadowing), and then the HM left the meeting during the technical part. The HM asked an open ended question about how I would work on a feature. For whatever reason, there was confusion by one of them in regards to my answers and I was interrupted several times to be asked questions I already answered. It was difficult to move forward in the discussion. For the technical part, the coderpad environment was not properly setup, so I was not able to do the problem in my preferred (allowed) language (the language this job works in a large part of the time). They offered almost no help, so I resorted to writing out the problem partly in pseudocode just to complete the task.
After the interview, I reached out to the recruiter and told them I'm not interested, so this is definitely the last time I'm applying. As much as I enjoy reading the NYT, the pay is really low and interview process is joyless.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Give an example of a feature you worked on, and describe the project management side of things, architecture choices, tech stack choices, metrics, etc. The tech round was a very, very easy coding exercise. All you had to do was hit an API, pull back the JSON, filter the data based on a few requirements, then hit a different part of the API with the filter data, and then print out what was returned. It's a nobrainer, but they did not have coderpad properly setup and they didn't know how to resolve it.
Very lengthy. Went through at least 3 interviews, made it to the final round then they ghosted me. I assume I didn't get it but any communication would've been nice. Two interviews, one test.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. J'ai passé un entretien chez New York Times en sept. 2023
Entretien
I Applied through a referral 1) 30 Mins call with recruiter and she explained all the interview steps 2) Hiring manager call - she actually have a set of questions and she asked those questions and I have noticed she didn't concentrate while I was speaking. Received email after that saying they are not moving forward. They have one of the worst interview process I have ever seen This is a very bad experience I have encountered in my carrier. Please do not waste your time for applying for this company they waste your time even you have the skills which they required.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
tell me about your self, tell me in a situation where you had a conflict and how did you resolve it