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Updated Apr 4, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2012 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 days)

The interview process even though straight forward was little bit unprofessional. The interview consisted of two phone interviews. The first interview (on phone) was with the Recruiter who had reached out to me on a professional social networking site. He basically check listed my skills and gauged my interest in the position. The second interview (on phone) was with the Hiring Manager. The interviewer even though very pleasant and was more interested in exact solutions rather then the methods themselves. After 5 minutes in the interview, both of us realized that I was not a good fit for this position. The position they were looking to fill was more towards debugging customer issues rather than data or software quality analysis. The recruiter followed up with an hour of interview to let me know that they are not going to proceed further.
The whole set up was handled little unprofessionally. The Recruiter set up the initial interview and never called up because of some other commitments. There was no update or message to let me know that the call was rescheduled. Also, when he sent out the rejection email, he just forwarded me the email he had sent out to previous candidate, including that candidate's email address and phone number!
Given the way they treat candidates, not respecting their time or efforts, I am not sure how they would have treated me if I had been employed. Also, I got a feeling that this company tries to fit an ideal job for a given candidate rather recruiting an ideal candidate for the position they have. Given that I am currently employed, and really like my current position, I am not terribly disappointed that it didn't work out.

Interview Questions

What's the UNIX command for changing file permissions?

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What are some of the test cases for copy - paste functionality in a text editor?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 days)

I was called by recruiter as they liked my resumer. She thought I am better fit for one of server backend development teams. So, inerview was scheduled with backend team which creates force framework.
Phone interview lasted an hour with questions mainly on databases, internet working and programming questions. I am good at java so I could answer most of the java questions. I answered even most of the database questions, I solved database problem with only one solution. Interviewer wanted me to tell other solutions as well. I couldn't answer some UI questions about AJAX that's where I think I lost opportunity.
Overall experience was great, process was fast and replies were prompt and courteous.

Interview Questions

Database problem about creating joins table

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)

Phone Interview lasted for 1 hour. Basic questions regarding team structure, conflict resolution, software development methodology such as agile/scrum. All questions were based on information provided on cv.

I was called on site. There were 4 interviews, 2 people taking the interview at a time. Not very tough. The only negative is that, they ask the team members who will be reporting into you to take your interview. I found lack of maturity on part of these developers to communicate effectively.

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How do you motivate your team?

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If a developer does not want to expand or grow, where as the bussiness requires him to take leadership. What will you do.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Aug 2009 in San Francisco, CA (took 2+ weeks)

1) Phone screen. Qa Manger spoke about various details of what they do. Asked me about my background and my experience with UNIX other technologies.
Bought me in for a face to face. Qa Manger again and explained the test scenarios. Two teams of 2, asked several questions about File Sharing, Software Coding in UNIX scripting, C# coding problems. Overall they asked good questions for a QA job.

Interview Questions

Types of shell scripts

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Reason for Declining

Choose an offer with Apple. MORE MONEY

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.