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First round: Online Assessment Second round: Karat Interview Third round: Virtual Onsite (including code review 1 hour, pair programming 45 mins, white board 1 hour, and coffee chat 15 mins)

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30 min screen with an existing technical program manager. Next round was a lengthy take home assessment that took over 6 hours to complete. Was for a sample feature updated. No feedback was provided.

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I applied online. I interviewed at Duolingo in Feb 2023

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Very hard assignment complimented for an interview regarding high-level excel work and data analysis. Also need to write a paper. Did not receive an interview and took over 3 weeks to get back,.

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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Duolingo in Feb 2023

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had 1 zoom call with team member, and was asked to do 1 take home exam. Got rejected in 1 day after submitting my deck without any feedback provided. Unclear on the entire interview process.

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Many rounds of interview, smooth process. Communicative HR outlining the whole process. Overall a very positive experience but the interviews are long including a panel interview that lasted 5 hours.

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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Duolingo (New York, NY) in Jan 2023

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Everyone was very kind in the process, though the position was pulled right before I did the final interview. Started with an email to schedule, first a half hour interview, very chill, spoke with animation lead. Soon after I got the email that I made it to the last round. I was then sent an itinerary for a 3 hour schedule, I would have spoken to 5 people in total over different specifications of the job (presentation, creative, technical, etc). Before the day came I got the email that they weren't going to hire for that position after all since they wanted to focus on other departments. It was a bit of a blow but I met some very cool people in the process.

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  • Tell us about a time you were asked to take on more than expected and how did you handle it.
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The interviewer is very nice. She introduced herself and then asked one coding question. The question is a variation of the leet code problem, Letter Combinations of a Phone Number.

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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Duolingo in Dec 2022

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The interview process went well, a few hours after the zoom call they asked me to come in an tour the facility which I though was a good sign. Everyone was friendly and seemed to like me, I was overly qualified for the job but unfortunately, a few days later I was told I didn't receive the job so it kind of felt like they were stringing me along.

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The recruiter reached out to me after applied. She gave me a couple of questions to work on. She was warm and agreed to give me extra time when I needed, but the process was still a bit vague.

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The interview process varies a bit depending on which role/level you're applying for. Software engineering roles will have several phone screen/technical interviews before a virtual "on site" day. The on site will have a few different interview types.

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Duolingo Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Duolingo as 46.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.21 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Marketing Intern and Software Engineer Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Director, Marketing and Various Positions roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Duolingo takes an average of 27.94 days when considering 227 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior User Acquisition Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Product Management roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Duolingo according to 227 Glassdoor interviews include:

Phone Interview: 29.64%

One on One Interview: 23.37%

Presentation: 20.48%

Group Panel Interview: 9.88%

Background Check: 6.51%

Skills Test: 2.89%

Other: 2.41%

IQ Intelligence Test: 2.17%

Drug Test: 2.17%

Personality Test: 0.48%

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