I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pinterest (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2018
Interview
Very straight forward interview process that mirrors almost any other big tech company. They seem to care more about giving interview questions that more mirror things you would find on the job rather than testing for specific data structures or complex algorithmic problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Return the longest path within a matrix of letters where you may only traverse between adjacent letters.
1st round technical phone screening with in 1 hour.
One follow up question was asked.
The problem was not too hard, but it requires you finish really fast without bugs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode 1564. Put Boxes Into the Warehouse I.
Follow up: what is maximum total box sizes.
Recruiter call, tech round, onsite and rejection call. They sent me an email about a week after the last onsite and asked me to schedule a call on the same day. I scheduled a call to listen 30 second long rejection notice. A half of interview rounds were horrible. Interviewers were not prepared and arrogant.
Good experience not the best outcome. Was 1000% sure I completed all coding and sys design but was told didn't get enough signal for the competency round. Overall very organized but not very satisfied with the response.