I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Denver, CO) in Apr 2021
Interview
The first round is a third party coding interview with a company called Karat. This is the same interview that software engineers go through, and preparation and practice is required to do well in this round.
After the Karat interview was two days of interviews with Indeed staff. I did another coding interview similar to the Karat round, and then an automation code review where I looked at three files (framework, page object, and tests) and pointed out any feedback as if I was reviewing the code prior to merge.
The second day of interviews built upon the first, where I used the code from the code review to actually write some automated tests for an Indeed application. Then there was a mentorship round where I had to teach the concept of arrays to a "beginner." The final interview was with the QA manager and basically just talked about the role and general questions related to automation and soft skills in the office.
I felt the Karat part of the interview was the hardest part, possibly because it this type of coding exercise is not necessarily similar to what an automation engineer does in their day-to-day job. The other areas of the interview felt easier mostly because it was related to things I do on a regular basis.
The recruiter did a fantastic job of preparing me for the interview. It was difficult, but they give you all of the information you need to prepare and do well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Various coding questions like what you would see on leetcode.com or hackerrank.com. Automation code review and test writing exercise, and a mentorship exercise.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Indeed
Interview
Met with great smart people and yawning managers. I had more than 6 rounds of interviews, I enjoyed most of them. I also noticed bored managers who yawn a lot during the interview. I worked quite good numbers of years and I can understand such team members.
It ook me more than seven hours, but sadly I didn't get a feedback. I learned two things about indeed. One, it has good WLB, and second, not as humany global as the company is. It is all on papers and flyers. Indeed should have done what candidates deserve the least, feedback. For some of us, cracking challenging problems and meeting the job descriptions is not enough.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2022
Interview
Application
I interviewed at Indeed
Interview
1. Phone screening with a recruiter
2. Karat problem solving
3. White boarding exercise
4. Automation exercise
5. Mentor exercise
6. Code review
7. Hiring manager round
The interviewers were very helpful. Problems were doable with little practice. The automation exercise was fair. No out-of-the-blue questions. The recruiter was kind.
Looks like they are not seriously interested to hire candidates but interested to do interviews. They are looking for geeks may be from Stanford or MIT for these positions ha ha ha
It looks like I did good to average in the coding round, mentorship round, framework, and code review round.
I still don't know why I got rejected.
Even if you see the reviews for tech positions, no one got an offer.
I can bet, that if anyone gets an offer, they might already get 100k+ what Indeed offers outside. for sure they won't join in indeed
I was exhausted by their full loop. I never see an interview for 1.5 hrs for framework.
do u really think u want to write framework in 1.5 hrs
If you really want to hire people, set some realistic expectations rather than wasting our time
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Karat round is the toughest
verify palindrome in permutation -- to check if the string is a palindrome
turtle travel inside a box
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Corvallis, OR) in Jul 2022
Interview
1. HR Recruiting Call. Asked about my current position what I have accomplished in current role
2. Karat interview. Coding interview with the browser IDE using questions similar to Leetcode or Hacker Rank.