Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Pinterest with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 117 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pinterest overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pinterest as a Software Engineer according to 117 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Background check: 1%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Pinterest in Mar 2016
Interview
Applied online, got contacted by recruiter the same day, followed by phone screen and 4 days later recruiter emailed that they have selected other phenomenal candidates. Overall the interview experience was good, interviewer was good, recruiter was good. I believe they are looking for Java candidates only but mention that the phone screen is language agnostic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Serialize and deserialize a tree and longest common subsequence.
Surprisingly easy compared to what I expected from a company like Pinterest. The technical interview consisted of two coding questions, one about reconstructing routes from unordered travel tickets and another on implementing a Sparse Matrix class. Honestly, I felt a bit underwhelmed. What helped me most in prep was studying the case studies on PracHub, which gave me good frameworks to think through problems. I did get an offer, but I ultimately declined because I was looking for a more challenging environment.
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.
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.