Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at New York Times with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 52 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at New York Times overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at New York Times as a Software Engineer according to 52 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Background check: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at New York Times (New York, NY) in Jan 2019
Interview
Process was 3+ months. Applied through employee referral in December and received an offer in March.
First step was initial phone screen, followed by google hangouts call, followed by on-site interview with 5 different people ranging from product, engineers, tech leads, etc. Last step was a one on one with manager over hangout call. Received offer a few days later - reasonable comp and benefits.
Interviews were fairly innocuous and if you're well prepared on past experiences, system design, algorithms, and talking about projects you will do well. Important thing is to remain personable and nice throughout the process. You may need to send check in emails to make sure you're on the right path. Even though the overall process took awhile it was definitely worth it.
Would highly recommend reading up on latest tech blogs from the Times to know up to date technology they're using, as well as the latest interview process they've instituted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General interview questions, system design, algorithms, past experiences, etc.
Recruiter who I was already in contact with recommended me to the position. 30 min engineering manager behavioral, 30 min leetcode medium problem, followed by 4 panel interviews. (uncertain of what the panel interviews consist of)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Go in-depth on a project you've worked on (impacts, engineering challenges, etc)
First initial phone screening on google meet with video. The recruiter missed the first call and I was waiting for 15minutes into my lunch break. I emailed the recruiter, they seemed sorry and then we rescheduled. Phone screening was as aspected, tell me about yourself, why NYT, logistics, etc.
15 minute recruiter call (informational, make sure to let them know if there are other roles you're interested in at the company as they could be a recruiter for that role as well), 30 min hiring manager, 30 minute technical