I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Adobe in Nov 2023
Interview
1. Initial phone interview with recruiter
- I was asked very general questions about my career and what kind of jobs I was applying to.
2. Interview with HM via Zoom
- I was asked many behavioral questions that assessed how I work with different stakeholders.
3. Interview with member on team via Zoom
- I was shown a Word document with a case study asking me to calculate different profits for the exemplified company.
4. Interview with Engineer team: didn't get to this round
The recruiter and HM seemed very eager in the beginning as the recruiter continuously replied back to me within the hour and the HM told me she hoped to see me again.
However, everything went downhill after the case study with the potential colleague. The interview started off with a "Hi, I am XX with an MBA from YY" and was tested pretty aggressively on my knowledge about profit analysis. Because the first 2 interviews were very welcoming, I was taken aback..
From there on, the recruiter ghosted me and after 5 months, I finally got an automated email stating my rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Tell me about yourself
- What kind of leader are you?
I was asked to do a code test and a technical interview was arranged. All good. I stupidly complete the code test before the tech interview (DON'T DO THIS in general but don't do this if you're interviewing here). The technical interview did not go well for various reasons but I was very surprised I wasn't even asked about Spark. Not one question about partitions, join types etc which others had mentioned here on glassdoor. After the technical interview, I hear back that it is a no. I ask for feedback and they say that based on the interview they won't proceed. I say fine- what about feedback on my code test? THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT. They ask for you to return the code test within about a week which I did, and they didn't even look at the code. and eventually closed the position due to low budgets
I applied with referral. General interview process, took about 3 weeks. Recruiter replied promptly after each round.
1. Recruiter Call
2. Hiring Manager Call
3. Take home exercise
4. Virtual On-site