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      Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 2, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Denver, CO
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at MapQuest (Denver, CO) in Nov 2016

      Interview

      I was contacted via a recruiter with an opportunity to interview for MapQuest in their Denver office. I had no phone screen just brought in directly for an on-site. The office was an open layout and had the "start-up" feel. I had two sets of whiteboarding questions from two pairs of potential teammates. Each session lasted around 45 minutes. The first round I was asked a simple programming question. However, one of the interviewers was totally unprepared and he admitted it. I got the feeling neither had actually looked at my resume before even stepping in the room. This is very unprofessional and a red flag. The second set of interviews gave me another programming question to whiteboard. The dev asking the question had difficult describing the question. He told me, "Man, it's been a long time since I asked this question". After about 10 mins of trying to explain the question, I was writing my solution on the board and asking questions about the intended solution. He was very unclear in answering my questions still, as if he didn't know the exact question himself. After finishing what I could only guess was the solution due to lack of information from the interviewer, the two interviewers, one that was leading and asking the question and the other who sat quietly the whole time, began to argue if my solution was correct in front of me. Again, very unprofessional to not be prepared for the interview and argue in front of the interviewee. Lastly, I met with the hiring manager. He had only been at the company a few weeks. We had a good discussion and he was a very likable. However, he asked me how I felt the interview went, were the questions too easy, too hard, etc. I didn't have the heart to tell him his team needs training on how to interview. Bottom line: They are unprepared, unprofessional, lack coordination and pull from a set bag of interview questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Write a program/function to give the change in the least number of coins for an amount under a dollar. example: input: $0.76 output: 3 quarters, 1 penny
      Answer question

      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for MapQuest

      Software Engineer Interview

      Sep 23, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Denver, CO
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at MapQuest (Denver, CO) in Sep 2016

      Interview

      Talked with a recruiter. Then I was given a code test that was pretty straight forward. Then an in house interview. Overall the process from beginning to end took about a week and a half.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain oop concepts and design patterns. What testing frameworks have you used? How do you know when you're done testing?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jan 24, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Denver, CO
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MapQuest (Denver, CO) in Feb 2015

      Interview

      One hour talk on the phone with manager due to being in jury duty. They worked with me and waited for me to finish my 2 week jury duty. While I was in jury duty they had me do a programming test regarding morse code. After my jury duty was finished I was brought in for a 3 hour interview. Talked with my manager first for typical questions like desired salary and various cultural questions. After that two developers asked me various javascript and AngularJS questions. Finally the principal engineer asked me more front end/javascript questions. Overall I think the questions they asked were valid and realistic for a front end development role. I was happy not to get asked any stock Google questions that have no relevance to the position like so many companies now-a-days does.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Describe a javascript closure and what it would be used for?
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      Question 2

      What is the difference between this, call, and apply in javascript?
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      Question 3

      How can you communicate between two or more controllers?
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      Question 4

      What's the difference between broadcast and emit in Angular?
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Javascript variable scoping.
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