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Updated Dec 28, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at QuinStreet
Posted Dec 28, 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 Oct 2011 in Pune (India) (took a day)
The interview started off with typical 'Describe yourself' question, which I usually tend to screw.
Then they started asking about how I understood their business model which they'd described in a presentation that they'd just given to us. I could recall some part of it. And I seemed to satisfy them well Enough.
Then they went on to ask how I could improve it in any way imaginable. I said something that I couldn't comprehend to this day.
The next question had to do with their business (which is online advertising). They asked me how could you put ads on a site, given their business model. It took the longest. They didn't seem any impressed. That's how I came to know about potential denial, which is what happened.
It took almost half an hour.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Intern at QuinStreet
Posted Oct 29, 2011
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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 Oct 2010 in Foster City, CA (took a day)
Employee referral, submitted resume to their corporate recruiting email. Heard back after a month or so and was called in for on-site interviews. 4 interviews, 30 minutes each, with current employees at manager level. 1 case, 3 behavioral. Case was primarily focused on online marketing. Interviews were more like conversations as fit is a priority at QuinStreet. Loved how professional and considerate the interviewers were and decided to accept.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing Analyst at QuinStreet
Posted Oct 1, 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 Foster City, CA (took 2 days)
Quinstreet's HR was very professional all the way through. My first two phone interviews were scheduled quickly and close together. The first one I think was by a HR person (quick simple screening). The second one is by one of the managers that I would directly work with. She was really nice. After talking to her I was scheduled to come in one week later for a 3-hour in person interviewing process.
I was interviewed 1:1 by three different people ( there were supposed to be 4 but one couldn't make it): one director, one senior manager, and one manager. Everyone was on time. The director gave me a good intro of the company and what they do etc. She was nice and straight forward but she gave me a "prioritize" exercise that I felt I was tricked in. After that, it was pretty clear that she wasn't going to hire me because I didn't do exactly what she expected me to do. The other two interviewers were just casual and answered the questions that I had. I honestly didn't have that many because by reading their website, there is no way you can figure out what they do. Any they try to keep it secret that way too.
I was given two really simple maths problems by the last two interviewers. The interviews lasted two hours. I didn't hear from them for one week so I emailed HR and got a standard reject email. Their office is really bright and sleek. Scarily quiet though. It's in a nice office building area close to freeways.
Interview Questions
1. A weekly call to a client
2. A presentation you manager needs from you for a meeting
3. A meeting with the IT department
4. An unsatisfied client complaint
5. Something else I can't remember
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at QuinStreet
Posted Sep 21, 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 Jun 2011 (took 5 weeks)
Not a pleasant experience overall. When I got to the interview I realized I was being considered for a completely different role. Waste of my time!
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Customer Service Representative at QuinStreet
Posted Jul 24, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 5 days)
There were five people including myself being interviewed for multiple customer service representative openings. The manager was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans. She tried to get a feel more for our personality that our work ethic. I was asked my hobbies and what I like to do on the weekends.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Java Developer at QuinStreet
Posted Jun 2, 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 May 2011 in Foster City, CA (took 1+ week)
Their HR called first, discussion went well, she told me a lot of things about company and position,
First tech interview also was good, an inidian guy called, he was a very good interviewer, his english very good, I could understand all what he said, his tech skills very good, always explained the problem the way I can understand what exactly we are trying to solve.
Second tech interview was bad, called a lady with a terrible English, some strange accent, maybe Russian, she was e very poor interviewer, questions basically focused on Spring+Hibernate, I had tough problems to understand what exactly she saying or what the question exactly sounds like.
3rd interview was rescheduled 3 times, the guy supposed to interview was always busy and he was not calling. No more calls from their HR about the 3rd Tech interview. 2-3 weeks passed - still no calls about the 3rd interview. I gave up.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at QuinStreet
Posted May 17, 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 Feb 2011 (took 3 days)
I spent three days at Quin Street and met with over a dozen of their employees. Each interview was nearly identical: the Quin Street employee told me about how they joined the company, and about their career. They gave me a nearly identical description of what the company does. This was true even for the senior VP I met at the very end. On two separate interviews, I was given a business case. All in all I spent probably 12 hours at the Quin Street offices. After all this time, they said they weren't sure there was a fit but didn't get into why. Unusually time-consuming process. I ended up received offers from other companies and took a marketing position elsewhere.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Java Developer at QuinStreet
Posted Apr 6, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took a day)
The interviewer described the open position. She also described the skills required for the job. She then asked me to go over my background including the skills I had on my resume. Then she had a quiz that covered J2SE and J2EE questions. The questions were pretty straight forward. But the job seemed to be more geared to a programmer than a software engineer. The questions were very specific to the nuances of Java and did not cover any software engineering principles.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Vertical Marketing Manager at QuinStreet
Posted Nov 7, 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 Foster City, CA (took 3 days)
Relatively laid back interviewers, with an emphasis on testing my desire/ability to get my hands "dirty" and role up my sleeves as an operator.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Customer Serviced Representative at QuinStreet
Posted Aug 21, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Portland, OR (took 5 days)
I was hired through a staffing agency. I had one interview with the staffing agency. I had 3 phone interviews and 1 1:1 interview. The interview was planned very quickly. I received a call from the staffing agency about an interview later that afternoon and was asked if I could be there-this process felt a little rushed. I had three phone interviews where they described the different work that I would be doing.
The 1:1 interview when I visited this office I could tell immediately it was very laid back office-my interviewer was in jeans and a college football team tshirt and that it was still growing.
Negotiation Details
Ask a lot of questions about the work that you will be doing. I asked questions but not enough. Through a misrepresentation Or misinterpretation this job turned out to be in a field outside of what it appeared to be during the application and interview process.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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