I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Hopper (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Applied through a recruiter. First I had an half hour call with the hiring manager and it went well. He said Hopper has a long sequence of behavioral and technical interviews before they make an offer and such process proved successful. Then I had a technical interview with the hiring manager and a Senior Software Engineer. SSE was basically not supposed to ask any questions but watch it seems. During this, HM asked a few behavioral questions and proceeded to a shared technical challenge on Hackerrank. I thought I did well and I even solved what he called bonus points. TBH it is not easy to get syntax correct while coding on browser and it seems more suitable for Python programmers. Next day I received an email saying they found a slightly better fit for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions like what was the latest critique I received and how I handled. Have I introduced any new technology and how I convinced the team.
Technical coding question was about a smart parking garage with two functions, enter and exit, and how it keeps track of available spaces.
I applied through other source. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Hopper in Dec 2021
Interview
The typical interview process for the role. Recruiter interview, tech screen, then Hopper's version of "the loop". No gimmicks during the tech interviews, emphasis was on understanding your ability to solve problems, not trying to "get you" with some obscure algorithm nuance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The typical behavioral questions and medium difficulty technical questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hopper (Montreal, QC) in Nov 2021
Interview
Didn't make it past the first round, which was a Hackerrank coding question, in which you've got a couple of hours. I was told ahead of time that it was simple and that I'd finish early so I went in feeling unrushed, and then subsequently ran out of time to finish. I guess the main thing was that the approach I took was too slow.
One thing that was annoying was that there were actually typos in the code that they gave me. I feel like that should have been reviewed by a native English speaker ahead of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding question that's presented is a good one. Just takes awhile to read through the whole thing.