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Updated May 18, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Programmer Analyst at Ask.com
Posted May 18, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Oakland, CA (took 4+ weeks)
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Compliance Associate at Ask.com
Posted May 2, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Oakland, CA (took 4+ weeks)
After completing an online application, Ask.com's HR contacted me for screening. We eventually scheduled a half-hour interview with an associate counsel. We talked about my work experience, familiarity with search engines, familiarity with contracts, etc. I was later contacted for a round of in-person interviews with their legal team.
The Oakland building is nice. It's sort of a bell jar but close to BART. There's no receptionist, so I buzzed the HR contact and waited by the foosball table. I spoke with four in-house counsel for a total of two hours. The associate counsel described the day-to-day functions while the senior counsel described the overall goal of the compliance associate. It seemed like interesting work with a decent legal team, and I thought the entire interview process went well.
Then came radio silence. After waiting several days, I followed up and received a standard unfortunate response: "We're moving forward with other candidates." Ugh. I was disappointed by the generic copypasta response, but I guess constructive feedback is asking for too much these days. Well, moving on..
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Product Manager, Search - Ask Partner Network at Ask.com
Posted Mar 26, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Oakland, CA (took 2+ months)
After initial contact with a Mindspark recruiter and many back and forths, took a month and a half from initial phone screens with hiring manager to schedule interviews. The phone interviews went amazingly well, and there was apparent chemistry and fit, so the team decided to invite for a face to face in Cali. Onsite interview consisted of meeting with several engineers, product managers, partner alliance managers, and the product management exec, although one of people from the phone interview was traveling and couldn't make it. The HR person onsite was very nice and welcoming, willing to show around and talk about the area, commute, culture. Office location was nice, inside consists of a cube farm, but very accessible by public transit and in the center of Oakland. The interviews were typical tech interviews, most of them thought probing and looking for thought process, reasoning analysis, big picture thinking, and framework consistency. Some of the interviews were 2:1, which is a bit intimidating, where the two persons asked me to take a laptop and rank my skills in order of experience and importance to the job. Another interviewer seemed very set on a particular solution she had in mind and would not settle for the justification to an alternative answer because evidently (I found out after) it competed or was in conflict with one of the big bets the company is making. There was disagreement between some of the interviewers about the culture; the product team claimed it was start-uppy and fast-paced (although long dev cycles and slow to make changes) and talked about the evolution from search but was not too knowledgeable overall about search itself (more so about partner network, tools) or the larger IAC organization -- seemed a bit disparate; the engineers were complaining that they have no say in the process. It seemed like the company is struggling with its pace. The product management exec did seem very passionate and the most knowledgeable. At the end of the interview day, the exec walked me down to the lobby. There was no follow-up on the interview in the next couple months, so safe to assume, they've moved on, but feedback would have been common courtesy, even just to know how to shape it next time and improve and what exactly went wrong.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Ask.com
Posted Mar 2, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Oakland, CA (took 3 weeks)
Had a technical phone screen, where I was asked to write an algorithm, and several other technical questions related to search, webapplications.
Met 5-6 team members individually for the onsite interview, the degree and question types were from some brain teasers to real life problem solving
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Programmer Analyst at Ask.com
Posted Feb 27, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Oakland, CA (took 2 days)
Phone interview for two days by different teams.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Product Manager at Ask.com
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Oakland, CA (took 2 weeks)
I initially applied online and within a day or two, I received an email from the recruiting manager. We had a brief discussion on the phone and then set up a phone interview with the director of prod mgmt. Had the phone interview and discussed my background etc. Discussed ideas on how to improve their mobile applications. Was told in that phone interview that they wanted to bring me in for an onsite and was asked to prepared for a specific discussion around how a certain engagement tool could be used to improve the experience for the mobile app.
Fast forward to the in-person: Arrived on-time, but no receptionist and way to actually get into the building. Seemed very disorganized. 45 Min interviews one after another with 5 team members. They were all really nice and courteous, but all seemed overly concerned with process. Each interview was completely different. Some seemed rushes at times, some interviewers were not prepared with questions. The aspect that they asked me to prepare for was never really discussed in length. Final interviewer with dept. head was very rushed. A follow-up was asked of me after interview to send "Why Ask.com" answer to dept. head. I've never had an interviewer ask me to finish the interview offline. Recieved feedback a few days later stating I was a great candidate but no real feedback on why I was not given an answer. Points to the HR manager who guided me through the process, he was amazing throughout.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Systems Analyst at Ask.com
Posted Feb 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 (took 4 days)
This interview actually took place in 07. Year wasn't an option on Glassdoor. I'd already accepted another role, but wanted to work in Search. I'd indicated as much to the hiring mgr, who arranged a half-day of interviews with the core team (about 6 people). It took about 4 hours. Questions probed my technical and logical skills, however, the soft skills were just as relevant. Offer was extended in about a day, and the whole process once initiated on Ask's response to my application was 2-4 days.
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Was able to negotiate a bit on perks. Current benefits are great, so you won't be jockeying for extra vacation. Maybe able to get stock.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Ask.com
Posted Feb 16, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Oakland, CA (took 2 days)
I cleared the tech interview for 6 long hours at their office, the asked me a lot of questions about regular expressions and sorting algorithms.
They liked me the manager told me we will email u with a offer letter and then they disappeared no call no show
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Desktop Support Technician at Ask.com
Posted Sep 8, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Oakland, CA (took 3 days)
I ran into a former co-worker who now works at ASK and he informed me of this position. He knew the hiring manager personally and directly passed him my resume. I had a phone interview that lasted approximately 40-45 minutes and a few days later received notice that I would not be further considered.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Product Manager at Ask.com
Posted Aug 24, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 in Oakland, CA (took 2 weeks)
I submitted my resume online. It was a pretty good match for the PM position that they were hiring for so I got a call back pretty soon from the hiring manager. The hiring manager had me answer questions for about an hour ranging from standard strength weakness questions to ideas on how to launch a product into an international market. It was pretty thorough. I was then invited for a round of 1:1 interviews. I brought samples of my work and I met with about 5 people for a whole day. The interview questions itself was pretty standard - what they were looking for was a good match for the team. Apparently I convinced them since I got the offer two days later.
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The offer was very generous so I didn't negotiate. When I get an offer I always compare the entire package to what I'm making right now: Insurance benefits, 401k match, bonuses, payout schedules, vacation time & days etc... that gives me the full picture and not just a comparison of base salary.
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