Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto una settimana. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Epocrates (San Mateo, CA) nel mese di ago 2013
Colloquio
Initially contacted by HR rep to verify resume details over the phone.
Follow up Skype interview with Engineering Manager.
Scheduled onsite interview in San Mateo. Had to purchase tickets but would be reimbursed. Company booked a hotel nearby. Interview was 4x 1.5hr (6 hr total) interviews, 2 coding and 2 traditional.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Paper folding coding test in any language, fold a paper with N sections either right or left
Juggling balls coding test in any language, given pattern (5,3,1) determine if juggle able.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Epocrates (San Mateo, CA)
Colloquio
It started off with a coding homework that will be emailed by their HR Coordinator - no time limit. Next was a phone interview with HR. Then a face-to-face series of interviews (one BUY, one SELL, two live coding tests) that lasted half a day at their San Mateo office.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Folding numbers coding test - given a set of numbers, how will they be arranged on a stack if the set of numbers is folded in half to the left or the right.
Example: 1 2 3 4
Folded from the left, the arrangement will now be
2 1 (top)
3 4 (bottom)
Folded from the right, the arrangement would have been
4 3 (top)
1 2 (bottom)
If the task was 1) fold left, and then 2) fold left again, the steps would be:
Starting point: 1 2 3 4
Step 1:
2 1
3 4
Step 2:
3
2
1
4
