Opower Interview Questions

Applied online, got a call from a recruiter within couple of days. Recruiter explained in detail what the role is about, we talked about my experience a bit and moved forward. Within a week got a call from a hiring manager/engineering manager for a screen sharing coding interview. Some Javascript coding tricks (hoisting, scopes) and re-implemented one of the lodash functions. The interviewer was very knowledgable and greatly navigated thru the interview. Hands down probably the best interviewer I've ever had. A week later another screen sharing coding interview with another senior member. Similar concept: couple of general questions and reimplement one of the lodash functionalities. Again, very positive experience. A week or two later, I had an onsite with three different interviewers 1:1. Two coding interviews, one general design and testing related. Again, awesome and smart people, one of the best interview experiences I've ever had. Questions aren't extremely hard ones, but a bit challenging (Javascript Promises, some algorithms, designing an app). I got an offer. Had I not been convinced by my current employer about new opportunities within my current company, I would have gladly joined the team.

Applied through LinkedIn. Contacted by HR. Then, had technical screening by phone with hiring manager. Once done, they sent me a homework with SQL and Linux questions. Finally, invited for all day face to face. Interviewed by six people. Never heard back after though all interviews went over the allotted time and interviewers seem interested. Pros: ** They are very hospitable. ** Very nice office ** Pets are allowed ** Various perks Cons: **No diversity (you will see that during tour) **They don't bother to give you interview feedback ( after spending your time and energy) Note: Honestly, I was not that interested in the position after I learned more about it.

3 Part process. 1) Homework: several questions that covered Linux text commands, SQL, and regex 2) Technical Phone interview: we went over the homework and several new questions on SQL 3) 5-hour interview: Long day that consisted of an interview covering each topic. All interviews were conducted to see my thought process, and general technical ability.

First HR called to gather information, followed by technical interview over the phone and onsite face to face interview. Onsite interview was day long interview with interview panel at onsite

Had a homework assignment, a phone screen, and then an onsite. Pretty reasonable questions, had a really fun lunch with the team. Nothing too unusual, though one of the questions was more mathematical, which didn't make much sense for the developer role I was interviewing for. One of the interviewers had me pair program on improving my homework assignment, which I thought was a really fun and useful filter for candidates.

I came in the office to for a series of interviews, mostly with senior management but one panel interview with team that would be reporting to me. Those in group panel interview came into the conference room with their laptops, several of them continuing to work during the interview process which I found very rude. A few of them were not engaged and never asked any questions. They also had me do work assignment prior to the interview and submit my work. It was rather involved and took several hours. I understand the need to assess work product and abilities but at some point it crosses the line to free consulting.

The recruiter showed interest in my profile after I applied online. A phone interview was scheduled but nobody ever called me even though I scheduled my time off work specifically for it. I never cared to follow up either since it left a bad taste in my mouth. Please do not schedule interviews if you do not respect other people's time.

First, the HR asked some general questions about my background and how I understand about what they are doing. Then, she asked about my current status. Since they do sponsor the work visa for this opening. Our conversation end there.

Opower recruiter contacted me about their open position. The interview process was simple, the pre-screening phone interview was completed by the recruiter, then a phone interview with the hiring manager that lasted 30 minutes. Then two weeks later we setup a in person interview with the IT team, which took half a day. The interview process was simple, it was more of a conversation with some technical questions thrown in. Met with 8 people, each interview last 30 minutes and they are very rigid about time. Once the 30 minute mark is up, you have to move on to the next person, there wasn't any flexibility to finish the conversation. Prior to the in-person interview, be prepared to send in a written response based on your job description. The written portion evaluates your research, writing, and problem solving capability.

Interview process is the same format as you read in previous reviews for the same position, it is a bit rigorous. Initial email from HR person a few days after applying and followed with a phone screen within a few days. Provided with take home assessment which was lengthy but not bad. Couple of phone sessions with hiring mgr, the technical stuff was pretty basic SQL(focusing more on joins). Onsite interview was 5 hr long including lunch. Couple of regular functional interviews followed by three technical sessions each for an hr. Technical skills tested are Programming - logic challenge, SQL - table schema and queries with joins, Unix - command line accessing of files(can use the internet). Overall impression of the company was great and though the onsite interview was long and a bit rigorous, it was surprisingly pleasant. The take home assessment is a bit tedious, but if you are technical, you'll have fun with it. The technical interviews are not too bad if you know your stuff. You don't have to be an expert in the above mentioned areas, mid level would do well. They have very high standards, if you stumble in even one of the technical portions, you can forget it. HR person will be in constant touch with you and will be your main resource. Nice office!