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      Developer Interview

      Mar 26, 2019
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience

      Application

      I interviewed at Essential

      Interview

      HR is nice and responsive. Rude interviewer given unclear coding interview question without input and output. Judge previous work and experience in condescending manner. Total waste of time. Don't recommend

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      NDA but really can't understand what code need to be written for the question
      Answer question
      1

      Other Developer Interview Reviews for Essential

      Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 20, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Essential in Feb 2018

      Interview

      Started with the HR connecting me with the Hiring manager. The Hiring manager was kind and seemed like a knowledgeable, receptive person. Followed by a technical round with another person. The rudest person I have ever interviewed with. At 1st he was 15 mins late for the interview, which was promptly informed to me by the HR. But then he asked me some basic questions on struct and Union which I answered. Before diving in, he asked me another question to which the answer was wrong. Instead of going further and investigating to find out my strengths, the interviewer gets pissed off and bluntly cuts the call. I had a higher expectation from the interview process. But ended up feeling insulted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Questions on the resume and some technical questions on Struct and Union.
      Answer question
      4

      Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 12, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Essential (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2018

      Interview

      Generic interview process similar to other tech startups. I had 2 phone screens and then 4 onsite interviews. Out of these 6, 4 were based on algorithms and other 2 we're system design and Android programming. They have a really good team of engineers.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Algorithmic, System Design and Android programming.
      Answer question
      2