I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Couchbase in Mar 2017
Interview
The company moves pretty quickly. Instead of a traditional phone call with the manager, I met with the manager in person for the first round. I wasn't aware of what to expect but was thrown a curve ball since the manager asked a few technical questions when I didn't expect it to be technical. After the technical questions, the manager gave me an overview of the company.
After a bit, I was invited back for a second round of on-site. I met with 3 different engineers from different teams. Each asked different types of questions, and were friendly during interaction.
The recruiter was communicative throughout the process, and updated me on the progress on their end afterwards. I felt it was done very professionally and transparently.
Before a mutual decision was made, they were open to having me come on-site to get a one-on-one with the hiring manager to go over any questions that I had, where other companies tend to not make time for me when I made the same request. I felt that it spoke a lot of the culture of the company on their emphasis on the people as a resource, and definitely helped my decision on joining the team in the end.
An informal chat with the hiring manager asking about previous experience with an opportunity to ask the hiring manager about the role. It was nothing too technical—mostly behavioural questions and asking about a personal project.
Very friendly, they are in the problem solving process with you.
You don't feel like you are alone and are being scrutinized.
A variety of domains were covered pertaining my resume
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design: Various big data related and large file related optimization questions
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Couchbase (Chennai) in Jul 2024
Interview
On-Campus opportunity. around 120 candidates were shortlisted based on their resume.
Round-1: Project included in resume, individual roles in the project, DSA based questions, LLD implementation on pen and paper.
Round-2: Resume review, Questions on core subjects, DSA and System design based implementation questions.
Round-3: System design, CS fundamentals, HR questions