The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IXL Learning in Oct 2022
Interview
New Grad Software Engineer Interview
Resume Screening
HackerRank OA
Transcript Screening
45 min Phone Interview
30 min Recruiter chat
4 hr VO 45 min/1 hr /1hr/30min
This is the most time-consuming interview I have taken.
Generally, good experience, everyone is very nice and cooperative.
Passed all tests in HackerRank
Solved the phone medium interview question in 25 mins
Solved the first vo medium question in 25 mins,
Solved the second vo medium to hard question in around 40ish mins,
Wasn’t able to finish the third question, which is the most convoluted coding question I have seen in my life, but was able to submit the take home solution which I think should be correct
Had a BQ with CTO
Good interaction, good for gaining some interview experience, but I would suggest not to waste your time at this company unless you want to do some real life interviews as practice.
They don’t really give out offers. According to LinkedIn insight, the growth in the eng department is negative.
And base compensation is $120k, pretty low for a company based in Bay.
Just don’t understand the insanely high bar for a low paying job and a company with limited growth
Lengthy interview process with a super day at the end. 4 OAs to complete, all of these being quite easy. Then you move on to a technical round which you can solve if you practice enough leetcode hards. Final round is 3 technical interviews and a behavioral. I recommend reviewing priority queues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my resume and about one specific project that I worked on and what I learned.
Leetcode question live with a engineer that was related to data structures and algorithms. around 30 minutes. On zoom. They gave special link to do the exam on and they told you question and let you run it .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode questions similar to medium/hard level (stuff with hash maps)
There are multiple rounds. Starts with a phone call with a recruiter. After that, there is a technical round with an engineer, Then after that, it was three back to back technical rounds in the same day.
