Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Heap (Atlanta, GA) nel mese di mag 2019
Colloquio
I applied through AngelList. There was a phone screen with a recruiter, a 2hr HackerRank coding challenge, a technical video call with an engineer, and an all day coding challenge for the final round. I had a great experience with the phone/video calls, and the HankerRank coding challenge was fine. I think I understand the motivation for the all day assessment (as they describe it in a blog post), but to me it seems a little too much to ask on top of the other interview phases.
It's unclear to me whether or not the assignment is intended to be completable in the allotted time. I neither completed it entirely nor received an offer so it's very possible that it is. Either way, it's pretty stressful and emotionally taxing to be coding all day with a job on the line. I think this segment might be improved by shortening it to about half the time it is now and simplifying it a bit.
It's also a bit frustrating to get "you checked off a lot of boxes for the role" as the only feedback after sinking ~11 hours of work into interviewing in total. Even something vague like "you didn't complete enough of the assessment" or "your oral communication skills were lacking" would be nice.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un'altra fonte. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Heap (San Francisco, CA)
Colloquio
Skipped resume review via interviewing.io; which by itself said great things about diversity in the company. Clever technical questions; but the last one (about databases) kind of dragged out. Database-related-experience wasn't in either their job description or my resume, but they kept on it well past the point where I ran out of prior knowledge to use and examples to list; just spending >10 minutes poking without hints. Confusing ending to an otherwise pleasant process.
La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Heap
Colloquio
Overall, this process was very thorough:
- initial interview
- coding interview
- virtual on-site:
- - 2 more coding interviews
- - systems design
- - product demo
- - pm interview
- - values interview
I learned a lot about the company, product, and development process, and I had a chance to talk with a lot of people. Everyone was really friendly and smart. It took a lot of time, but I think it was worth it.
However, I was a little miffed about how they handled my cohort. After completing the virtual on-site (and spending a lot of time on this process), I was told that they had already filled all the current engineer reqs, and they would have to ask for more money to potentially hire ahead for next year. I felt like they should have finished the interview process with all candidates before proceeding to make offers, and it wasn’t fair to those of us who interviewed after they filled all their reqs. In the end, they told me I didn’t quite make it, which is fine, and I guess I’ll never know about the details. I just felt a little shorted that they made a bunch of offers the week before I finished my six interview on-site.
Despite that, I thought it was a great company with really smart, friendly people. Seems like it would be a great place to work.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
I was going to write a question here but eh, that seems a little unfair to Heap.
- Regular Behavior questions
- Matrix exercise
It was an average experience, you should practice the kind of questions I just put above. This Glassdoor rule of 50 word minimum is really stupid.