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    Software Engineer Interview

    Anonymous Employee in Palo Alto, CA
    Accepted Offer
    Positive Experience
    Easy Interview

    Application

    I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA) in August 2018.

    Interview

    Phone call with hiring manager, technical phone screen, 3 onsite interviews, 2 more onsite interviews (with hiring manager and VP of engineering). Technical questions weren't too difficult and everyone was super nice!

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    Other Interview Reviews for AppLovin

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Palo Alto, CA
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA) in April 2019.

      Interview

      The process is smooth and their response is very fast, I finished the entire process within a month. Both hiring team and interviewers are very friendly and helpful. There is one phone interview first for about 1 hour, and then within a week I had onsite interview with four team members, it's about one hour per person. Overall very positive experience.

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA) in May 2015.

      Interview

      I got a phone call to screen my skill then go onsite interview.
      During the onsite interview, I met three talented engineers. They are very friendly and knowledgeable.

      Overall, It was a great experience and I enjoyed talking with them.

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took a week. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA) in April 2015.

      Interview

      I got a phone call to screen my skill then go onsite interview.
      During the onsite interview, I need with three talented engineer. They are very friendly and willing to give advice and tips.
      Overall, I am very enjoy the interview and also learn some skill during it.

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      AppLovin Response

      May 5, 2015 – Technical Recruiter

      Hi! My name is Amery and I work with recruiting at AppLovin. I'd like to thank you for taking the time to interview and share feedback with us. We are always looking for ways to improve the candidate... More

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at AppLovin.

      Interview

      No parking at their site. I had to park on the street and worry about being towed. Had to go out and check every 2 hours.

      Interviewers some nice. Some not so. Definitely not a pleasant experience.

      Questions were ok, but some not giving enough hint, or with too much accent that you don't understand what they are trying to ask. Or even trying to let you understand.

      Culture seems blood and sweat factory. but maybe all startup like this.

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      AppLovin Response

      Jul 5, 2016 – Technical Recruiter

      Hi,

      My name is Jen Zhang and I work in recruiting at AppLovin.

      We are sorry to hear you had a negative interview experience and value your honest feedback. We realize space is limited in our... More

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took a week. I interviewed at AppLovin.

      Interview

      The interview process at Applovin was the most fun and friendly interview process I've had in years. Most companies I interview with either are against you succeeding or try really hard to make themselves look smart. I didn't feel anything negative when I had their interviews though. They were down to earth, took my answers and code well, and gave me polite pointers when I was taking wrong turns. The conversations after the interviews were also friendly and down to earth.

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      • Not listing the specifics, but utilizing Java Collections to solve something algorithmically was one of them.   Answer Question

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Palo Alto, CA
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA).

      Interview

      The interview process was incredibly professional and well thought out. Their recruiter (Amery) reached out to me and set up a solid phone screen with the CTO that turned into a friendly conversation afterwards. The onsite portion consisted of 4 interviewers that were very bright and genuinely wanted me to succeed. The questions were a healthy mix of well-thought-out technical and non-technical questions. Everyone was extremely attentive, respectful, and humble. Received an offer after the interviews.

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    7. Helpful (2)  

      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Employee
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at AppLovin.

      Interview

      I had a short phone interview that had technical questions, but no actual coding questions. I recieved feedback within a few days. I was then invited to interview on site. I interviewed with 4 people, and the whole process took around 4 hours. I was immediately invited back for a short follow up scheduled for the next week. At this meeting I was offered a position.

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      • Among typical object oriented questions, I was asked low level and very language specific questions.   1 Answer

      Negotiation

      I didn't need to negotiate much because the offer was competitive and more than I was hoping for.

    8. Helpful (1)  

      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA) in November 2015.

      Interview

      One of the interviewers was not prepared at all, it was obvious during the start of the interview he had not even bothered to read my resume. Also, I don't think he had a good technical grasp of how/where you can use some Java keywords. He was also not very personable which made the interview even more awkward

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      • During my on-site interview I was asked questions that were not included in the prepared question categories. I even clarified this with the recruiter prior to the on-site interviews. Regardless, I took it in stride and thought I did well.   Answer Question

      AppLovin Response

      Jan 22, 2016 – Technical Recruiter

      Hi!

      My name is Amery and I work with recruiting at AppLovin. We are very sorry to hear you had a negative experience with our interviewing team and appreciate your constructive review. I will... More

    9. Helpful (2)  

      Software Engineer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at AppLovin (Palo Alto, CA) in February 2017.

      Interview

      A recruiter found me on LinkedIn, we set up a call, we want through the role and my experience, I sent her my resume, then she setup a 30 minute call with a manager. The manger called and did a verbal technical screening, even though the recruiter didn't say the call was a technical phone interview.

      Then they invited me onsite, which consisted of 3 1-hour interviews. The questions were basic CS-101. One of the interviewers spent half the interview on his phone, he actually stopped our conversation for more than 5 minutes at one point to text/email. Then gave me a coding challenge, when I started working on the coding challenge he immediately went back to tinkering with his phone. He had Zero appreciation for the time and effort I'm taking out of my workday to meet them.

      Then the next day the recruiter said they're going to pass on my application. I was extremely surprised because I did well on the interview, and I've passed much more difficult interviews before at stronger companies. I currently work for a company known for its very high hiring bar. I asked the recruiter for more detailed feedback, and she said I didn't have the right set of technical skills, especially C++.

      I think it's fair to select candidates based on specific-language knowledge, especially if the company doesn't want to invest in people. What's not fair is to waste a candidate's time and bring them for interview, when you could have just filtered their resume out because it doesn't list C++ as an area of expertise.

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