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Updated Apr 11, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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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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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.
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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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Java Lead at QuinStreet
Posted Jul 23, 2010
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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 Jul 2010 in Foster City, CA (took 3 days)
First skills test interview was good. In second interview, person asked me questions on HTML and CSS instead of Java. Java questions were pretty simple
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Software Engineer at QuinStreet
Posted Jun 10, 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 Jun 2010 in Foster City, CA (took 3 days)
HR was very professional, as they described me about the company and what business model. then i was talking to the technical persons. mostly talked about my work experience and 1 database design question and one java design and implement question, the implementation should have all the syntax correct and it should be production quality code, which i think no one can write in 5 min.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Web Producer at QuinStreet
Posted Apr 22, 2010 — 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Foster City, CA (took 2 weeks)
I interviewed with QuinStreet for a Web Producer position. While uiltimately I did not end up with an offer the process itself was professional and seamless. Their recruiters are knowledgeable about the company and really were able to explain their business. Everyone that I met onsite was very bright and seemed happy with their jobs. While I was dissapointed to not get an offer in the end it was the best thing for all. QuinStreet seems like a great company and I was treated well.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Lead Java Engineer at QuinStreet
Posted Mar 14, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Foster City, CA (took 1+ week)
First phone interview with a gentleman (an Architect) went very well related to advanced Java.
The second phone interview was a nasty one with a lady with an accent (Russian like may be). She literally started a fight with me on some technologies like Hibernate. I said I did not use it in our project due to X reason. She started shouting at me that "You must use Hibernate no matter what!!" Am not kidding. Same with other frameworks which she started imposing on me saying I must have used them instead of what I used in our previous projects.
There are just so many below par and sloppy Java programmers out there in the field who doesn't even know the basic fundamentals of Java. They just use some fancy Java based frameworks and think that they know every thing about Java.
I in turn asked this lady about basic Concurrency question- what is the purpose of Synchronized keyword in Java. Guess what.. she didn't have any clue on Java concurrency basics like Memory visibility and Critical section.
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Reason for Declining
Because of this unpleasant lady, seriously. I really liked the first guy who interviewed who seem to be very knowledgeable about Java basics (think about Happens Before, Cmp&Swap) which is rare in my opinion.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Web Developer at QuinStreet
Posted Mar 5, 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 Mar 2010 in Foster City, CA (took 3 days)
Applied thru craigslist. Phone Interview. Technical Phone Interview. Written test thru email. Onsite 3 hours interview. Technical question answer on board.
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Negotiation Details
I didn't negotiate. It was offered as temporary with 25/hr with 40 hr/week. No benefit.
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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Marketing Manager at QuinStreet
Posted Jan 29, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 6+ weeks)
After initial screening on the phone with the recruiter and hiring manager, I was called in 3 times to meet with 2-3 individuals each. Process was pretty basic but on the first call they already asked what ideas I can provide to the marketing programs after they defined a specific challenge. If you have the skills you will be able to answer flawlessly. They did not ask any odd questions like Microsoft or Google to test other knowledge or do any brain teasers. All interviews were pleasant and a good dialog.
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Reason for Declining
The offer was much lower than my salary expectations and they did not have much room to negotiate. I was over qualified to start with but was interested in the company and biz so it was a good experience and to network with their employees.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Website Editor at QuinStreet
Posted Jan 11, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Dec 2009 in Foster City, CA (took a day)
A recruiter from the company found me on LinkedIn and asked me if I might be interested in applying. There were 1:1 interviews with five employees, including two by phone. I liked the people who interviewed me for the most part very much. One of the interviewers asked a few questions that were really not appropriate (like, do you know a cheaper database to use than the one we are currently looking at? etc.). I felt too much of the discussion with each interviewer focused on what I would call "free consulting" questions rather than an exploration of my skills and experience and how they match the job qualifications. While I ilked the interviewers and thought they were all very smart, it was also obvious that they needed help. The actual job was somewhat difficult to find out about. It seems like it's a new position and the company is very good at keeping its secrets secret.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at QuinStreet
Posted Nov 10, 2009 — 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 2009 in Foster City, CA (took 2 months)
The process was alright but slow. I heard back from the company about every two weeks or so which is why the process took so long.
I applied online and got a very short phone screen. I was then emailed an analyst exercise (here's data from a hypothetical campaign, analyze and give recommendations on next steps) to complete. Heard back about my performance a couple of weeks later and was set up for a phone interview which went well. I was then invited in for an on-site interview but scheduling issues kept pushing the date back, so I was given a second phone interview. That also went well and we were finally able to coordinate a date for the on-site. The on-site involved a 4-hour session (including lunch) with 5 different members of the team/vertical I was interviewing for. The offices were very sleek and nice-- pretty typical cubicle farm. My interviewers were all friendly, and they seemed pretty overworked/desperate to bring in more people since the company is growing very quickly. I got some pretty typical questions about what my qualifications are, strengths/weaknesses, work ethic, examples of my experiences working with a team, how I dealt with challenges, etc. I thought the interviews went alright, but I heard back from them about a week later that they decided that my background wasn't an exact match for what they're looking for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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