I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA) in Jun 2012
Interview
Referral by a friend for a un-specified engineering role. HR rep contacted me, set up a phone screen, followed by a web-based basic programming aptitude test. Passed that, was then brought in for an in person interview with two team/tech leads, one peer level engineer and one high-level tech manager. Whiteboard coding tests, big-O evaluation, basic algorithmic improvement tests, as well culture-match questions asked face to face.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system that can efficiently scale and store the count of all unique words from a *very large* document-based corpus of text.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HubSpot (London, England)
Interview
I went through several rounds, including an initial screening, a technical assessment, and follow-up interviews. The process was well structured, but I found the technical part challenging because it required both problem-solving and clear communication under time pressure. The interviewers were professional, and the questions were relevant to the role. Although I did not receive an offer, the experience was still valuable and helped me understand the company’s expectations better.
Coding assessment with multiple levels. levels open up as you pass them. Time constraints looked tight. I could not get through all levels. It was related to Designing banking system.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Consists of an Online Assessment, followed by 3 rounds (2 System Design, 1 coding)
One of the System Design interviewer was less experienced (with an experienced shadow interviewer). I feel like they didn't drive it correctly, didn't ask me the right follow-up questions and eventually gave negative feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online Assessment: Multi-part question involving incremental development of a memory cache database
System Design 1: Design a weather widget to get data from upstream and display to customers
Coding Round: Incremental question involving API calls to get data, parse and do calculation
System Design 2: Design video streaming system (like Netflix)
