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Updated May 3, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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User Experience Designer at Ooyala
Posted May 3, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Mountain View, CA (took 2 weeks)
It was great to hear the hiring manager giving me very detailed introduction of the role and the company during the phone interview. This is really important for a UX position because UX field is still messy and subjective to the environment and culture. They were very efficient in terms of setting up onsite interviews, and travel logistics (I was not local), and letting me know the schedule and who I'm going to ahead of time. The people I talked to during the onsite interviews were very nice, and apparently very knowledgeable and passionate. All the interviewers were fully prepared for the interview, and were openminded to hear what I got to say, even if it might be different from what they think. The office environment is really nice - big windows, patio, catered lunch and dinner, nice equipment, pingpong table, fully stocked kitchen, and so on.
Negotiation Details
offer negotiable.
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Staff Software Intern at Ooyala
Posted Mar 4, 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 Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)
A friend referred me to the recruiter and then got contacted from him. The recruiter is pretty nice and arrange two interview for me. But for the interviewer, I would say they may not very serious with me during the interviewing process. I got two questions: diagonally print a matrix and design a data structure for time series.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Coordinator at Ooyala
Posted Feb 11, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 6 days)
The 1st phone interview with the recruiter was great. She called me more than 10 minutes late but it was ok & the whole interview was only less than 10 minutes long, not 30 minutes. Then, she scheduled me to have 2nd phone interview with the hiring manager. The phone interview was horrible even though I think the interview questions were pretty easy & straight forward. Again, the interview was less then 10 minutes. I don't think the hiring manager had read my resume either because she knows nothing about my background at all, which I think she's very unprepared, unprofessional, & a bit rude. In addition, what I think the hiring manager is looking for was not mentioned on the job requirement or desire skills & experience. I would say this was the worst & unprofessional job interview I've ever had so far.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer Intern at Ooyala
Posted Sep 27, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Berkeley, CA (took 3 days)
Overall, the interview process these guys was phenomenal. They showed up at the Berkeley Career Fair, and actually talked with the students about their resumes. If a particular person or resume jumped out at them, right on the spot they scheduled an interview for the next day. I was lucky enough to be selected as one of those people. The next day, there were three 1:1 interviews with actual engineers who worked there, each lasting around an hour. After the three interviews I was pulled aside by the hr representative, and invited out to dinner with the team so we could interact in more of a casual setting. The vibe I got from these guys was very positive. While they got work done, they also had a relaxed nature to them, that was very appealing.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Ooyala
Posted Apr 16, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Mar 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took 2 weeks)
Speaking purely in terms of technical knowledge and skills, the engineering team is filled with some really smart people. This is the only positive remark I have for the company.
I had two technical phone screens which went really well. After the phone screens, I was invited to the office in Mountain View for a full interview loop. The interview questions were of average difficulty and overall the interviews went really well.
What's very disappointing is the hiring manager and recruiter. When they invited me for onsite interviews, in order to save time and effort, I initiated in-depth conversations with the recruiter and the hiring manager with regards to the requirements for the position and whether my background, experience and skill set were a good fit. The hiring manager convinced me that I was a great fit for the position. However. the outcome of the onsite interview was that my experience/background was not a match for the position. I felt that my time and efforts were not valued and hence I am strongly not inclined to recommend Ooyala.
Interview Questions
Now assume that instead of the dictionary, you are given a list of valid words. You no longer have access to the isWord() function. How would you modify your algorithm?
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineering at Ooyala
Posted Dec 30, 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 Oct 2010 in Mountain View, CA (took 2+ weeks)
The Recruiter has contacted me through LinkedIn and invited me for an informal visit on site, where he showed me the office in MV and introduced me to some employees. Since I had some technical questions about the technology they work on, I had a 1:1 Q&A with an engineer, who explained me some things about their architecture. After this office visit I applied with my CV and was invited for a technical interview. The interviewer was a senior software engineer. Though he is a very qualified person in his profession, I had the impression he saw my CV for the first time. He asked some questions about my projects and education, however there was literally no feedback/follow up questions from his side, which made it difficult to understand what he wants to hear about. I gave him an overview over my educational background, internships and projects and expected him to ask more specific questions, but he just went on with the technical part of the interview (whiteboard coding). After the technical part he asked me if I have any questions about the company.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Ooyala
Posted Dec 16, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
This is a technical interview. At first I talked about something about my previous project. And then the interviewer gave me a ten minutes description about what Ooyala does. After that I was asked two coding questions.The whole interview took 45 minutes. The interview is very friendly and encouraging.
Interview Questions
arr1 = {1,2,3,2,3,2} arr2={2,2,3,3,4,5}, the largest common sub array is {2,2,3,3}
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales at Ooyala
Posted Nov 8, 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 Sep 2010 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)
It was great! I met with all the major players, the CEO and the founders. Everyone was very nice, and treated me with respect and acted with integrity - huge difference from some other Silicon Valley companies who don't even call you back. They paid for my travel and really took the time to get to know me. It is obvious the culture is very important to them but they are also eager to have folks who can bring a variety of talents. I didn't have any expectations when I went in but left feeling excited about the opportunity and wanting to be part of something special.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Not much of one. They made me an offer, I accepted.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Ooyala
Posted Aug 1, 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 Feb 2010 (took a day)
The recruiter contacted me upon my application for a position. We talked about my interests and experience. He said they will review my resume and let me know. After about three weeks they came back with a request to arrange for a phone interview. The phone interview was held and the interviewer was very polite.
He asked me a few questions about me and my work and then he asked me to code a problem. They use a shared doc for coding questions like many companies.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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