0 - Cold call from technical sourcer
1 - Intro call with sourcer
2 - Timed hackerrank test
3 - Technical phone screen
4 - 8 hr onsite with 13 different people
Up until the onsite it was par for the course as far as technical interviews go. The onsite is a unique format: Resume deep-dive, architecture, two whiteboarding algorithms/data-structures interviews, code review interview, and a 90 minute programming exercise on hackerrank. I appreciated Indeed's motivation to move beyond the 4-5hr algo/ds whiteboarding gauntlet but it does make for an exhausting day.
I've done many onsites at many companies incl Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. My onsite at Indeed was one of my strongest interviews and I haven't heard back. Frankly I'm pretty perturbed at the recruiter as I put in 10 hours of interviews not counting time preparing.
I applied online. I interviewed at Indeed in Mar 2015
Interview
Had a preliminary code screen on Lintcode. After doing well in that, had another lintcode assignment that i completed while on the phone with a recruiter. Was flown out to texas for an all day on sight.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. given some python code, find out if the indention is correct for python
2. TFIDF for finding job adds
3 phone interviews (HR, director, hiring manager) and one onsite 5 people interviews scheduled. The phone interview essentially screens for fit/motivation, behavioral questions as well as some case interview. On-site more or less the same, with more emphasis on how did I interpret a given scenario from a data-driven approach.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Indeed? How would you go about calculating the effect of a TV ad campaign, etc...