Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso HubSpot (Cambridge, MA) nel mese di set 2015
Colloquio
1) Phone screen
2) Online Technical Screen
3) Onsite technical interview
Hubspot seems like an outstanding company. So great that I had no problem traveling 6 hours for the onsite interview. After the interview I thought it went well. The next day they got back to me telling me that I did not receive the job because I did not have enough experience building scalable web software. This is very annoying because this is copied and pasted from the application that filled out when I applied:
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HubSpot judges candidates on potential, not a list of skills. That being said, we're paying attention if you have experience:
Building dynamic web applications
Designing RESTful APIs and designing database and storage strategies
Experience with a dynamic and functional language as well as a systems or staticly typed language
Working in a Linux or OSX environment, familiarity with server administration and tools
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I have all of the following and not once did they mention that they had strict criteria for someone who had scalable software experience. In fact, they say that they judge candidates on potential and not a list of skills! This hypocrisy cost me a day of traveling and over $300 in travel costs.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite l'università. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso HubSpot (Londra, Inghilterra)
Colloquio
I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso HubSpot (New York, NY)
Colloquio
Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso HubSpot (Dublino, Dublino)
Colloquio
Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding)
One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database
System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers
Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation
System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)
