I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Honestly, one of the worst interview experiences I've had.
I applied through my campus career center. Two days before the scheduled date for on-campus interviews, the recruiter reaches out to me to schedule a time. I happened to be free that day, but I did not appreciate the last-minute nature of this scheduling.
My interview session is two half hour slots. The first half hour, I talk with a senior engineer about my interests and background, and do a short coding question. The second half hour, I interview with a software engineer who joined about a year or two ago. The entire time, he is on his phone checking his email and frowning. I felt both annoyed and pressured. He had no comments to make on my code and it seems as if he had just given up, even before the interview started. I thought his behavior was very unprofessional.
A week later, I get the standard impersonal automated rejection email. Oh well, no use worrying about this sinking ship.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to determine if a tree is a subtree of another tree.
Coderbyte test, Problem Solving Coding Data Structures, Low Level Design +High Level Design Database design class modelling , Hiring Manager discussion around behaviour and technical skills. Difficulty level medium to hard
I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Groupon in Jun 2023
Interview
The process was like any other organization. It was fine. Nothing much to explain. It started with HR Discussion, followed by Technical Round which was about 45 minutes. Overall process was Satisfactory
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sort arrays of 0's, 1's and 2's Write polyfill for memoize function Output based javascript
I had a virtual on-site, it was long with multiple rounds. One round involved coding; another round involved debugging an application. Overall friendly but depends on who you interview with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked behavioral questions like explaining a time I had difficulty with a coworker; I was asked to solve a coding challenge; I was asked to debug an application.