I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2015
Interview
I applied online, spoke with the hiring manager on the phone, and spent a day interviewing onsite. I got good feedback from the first 4 people I interviewed with in person, but the final interviewer was clearly in a bad mood and was almost hostile.
I was promised reimbursement for parking which I never received. I e-mailed twice and was told "we'll send a check right away" both times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Increasingly complex SQL queries. Some basic probability (combinations, permutations, etc) and algorithm (e.g. given three possible operations, complete a task) questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Groupon in Feb 2016
Interview
The first round was telephonic which was coordinated by the recruiter.
Interviewer first explained about the company and then talked about the job description.
Questions asked by the interviewer were -
Tell me about yourself
Why do you want to join groupon
Write SQL on getting the information of employees who worked on a project in 2011
Ask any question that you want to know
I think I was not selected as he was looking for a very efficient SQL query, the SQL test was through screen sharing
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer first explained about the company and then talked about the job description.
Questions asked by the interviewer were -
Tell me about yourself
Why do you want to join groupon
Write SQL on getting the information of employees who worked on a project in 2011
Ask any question that you want to know
I think I was not selected as he was looking for a very efficient SQL query, the SQL test was through screen sharing