I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Albertsons Companies (Pleasanton, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
Overall the process felt overly long and unorganized.
Was first contacted by staffing agency on LinkedIn then went through four rounds of interviews. First, a phone interview discussing fit, salary expectations, job details. Second, a HackerRank coding interview. Third, a mixed interview with a senior-level engineer. Fourth, an onsite mixed interview. I felt that most of the interviews were fine but the onsite is where the issue lied for me. The process seemed unorganized (no booked room, hiring manager walking in and out). The engineer conducting the technical interview seemed uninterested and kept checking their phone. The question they asked was extremely vague and when asked clarifying questions they did not clearly communicate any significant answer (They only answered yes and no).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The verbatim wording provided was just "Implement a trie" with no context. But the question they actually meant was "implement the insert method for a trie". There were also no provided inputs or expected outputs.
The interview process included technical questions on JavaScript concepts like let, var, and const, along with data structures such as ArrayList, LinkedList, and Collections. They also asked coding questions like printing odd numbers and discussed APIs and microservices. The interviewer focused on basic programming knowledge, problem-solving skills, and understanding of backend concepts. The process was moderate and interactive.
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Question 1
They asked me to explain the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList, concepts of let/var/const in JavaScript, and questions related to APIs and microservices. They also asked a simple coding question to print odd numbers.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Albertsons Companies (Bengaluru) in Oct 2024
Interview
After successfully clearing technical Assessment, i had a face to face in person interview at Albertsons Office in Manyata Tech Park. Interview went well and they have covered wide range of questions from DSA to Core tech stack for Full Stack Developer.
There were 3 rounds of interviews - an online assessment, technical screening with a senior developer, and then a behavioral interview with senior leadership. Very friendly people and fairly good questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a dataset, how would you go about analysing it?