I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Tokio) in Aug 2016
Interview
3 online tests, 1 Skype call and 1 onsite interview in Tokyo (3 technical interviews of 50 minutes each).
First, I was asked to take part in 3 online tests. I can take any (maybe more than 1) of them and get the best result I can. If the result is good enough, move on. And I was invited to an Skype interview which barely rejected people except for those who speak really poor English. And I was invited to an onsite interview in Tokyo. Many candidates go to Tokyo in batches. And I took the interview with 8 other candidates in the same day.
Onsite interview consists of 3 technical interview, each last for 50 minutes, no long break in between. Each interview goes like, you and interviewer deliver self-introductions, solve the algorithm problems on the white board and Q&A time. The time distribution is like 10, 35, 5.
I will not elaborate the details of the interview questions. But I think these advice are really helpful.
1. Listen carefully, ask when the problem is ambiguous for you.
2. Pay attention to the details that interviewer says. They might be helpful.
3. Code fast and explain you idea clearly.
4. Ask good questions when you have chance.
And the questions are not so hard. But require you to be careful and optimize the memory and time efficiency to the limit. They ask the question almost in a large data scale but you need to come up with memory efficient and fast algorithm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I have to fill this part, but I decide not to share the problem details. So I do share a really small question they asked in the process. What's the largest value of an int in C++?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Austin, TX) in Aug 2016
Interview
I spoke to HR for 10 minutes and was told to take a Hackerrank test. I aced the test but I was told 4 days later that they were not interested. This was very disconcerting as there was clearly no disqualifying event that happened and they said they're trying to hire over 1000 people this year. Not really impressed with their hiring process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find highest sequence of integers in an array that are added together that stay within a threshold value.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (New York, NY) in Aug 2016
Interview
The recruiter I worked with, Andrea, went above and beyond to make sure the process was seemless. Most professional yet fun interview process I've ever encountered. During the phoner, k felt like she was trying to get to know me and my needs, instead of asking the normal questions or pitching the job. She worked with my crazy schedule, and made me feel so comfortable in the one on one round. Each person I met with was awesome, and asked really thoughtful questions to get to know me and my work style. Indeed truly is a special place. Andrea even worked with me and helped get me a placement in an office (that I didn't know existed) that was closer to my home. Everyone at indeed made me feel like I would be welcomed as part of the team. Couldn't have more positive things to say