I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Quantcast (New York, NY) in Aug 2016
Interview
The set up was pretty basic- phone screen with a recruiter, phone interview with the hiring manager, and then several onsite interviews. Everyone was very nice until the last person (why I said it was a negative experience). It was a skype interview since the person sat in a different location. To start, there was someone else on the line that did not video in or introduced them self. It was very awkward not knowing who it was. Then the interviewer was obviously not happy to be taking time to talk to me. She was rude and cut me off several times. She said she was not familiar with access and then starting asking questions about how to solve specific problems using access. She was very hard to follow and understand. No matter what answer I gave (even when giving a personal example) she told me I was wrong and then told me what she had wanted to hear. She gave a very bad impression of the company and I never intended to take the job after talking with her.
Gave an example of an online experience (the details were hard to follow since this was a skype interview) and asked how you would improve the traffic.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Quantcast
Interview
It was informative, and not very stressful.
The technical part consisted of basic SQL questions.
Quantcast is an interesting company with interesting people.
The interviewers were very nice, and they asked reasonable questions pertinent to the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: what's the difference betweeen these kinds of joins.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Quantcast (Austin, TX)
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter located in Dublin. Had a very pleasant phone screen. I was given a test to complete and send it back to the recruiter. Test was mainly to test your analytical skills, math skills and SQL knowledge. Then had another phone interview with potential manager.
I was invited to an on-site interview with 5 team members, took about 3 hours. Everyone was incredibly friendly and intellectual. I thought I nailed it but I was rejected. Reason being my background wasn't exactly what their looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you can have the engineering team build you a tool now, what would it be?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Quantcast (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
I was contacted by their recruiting dept and did a 30 minute phone call where I specifically stated that I did not have the set of technical skills they sought. I repeated that to the hiring manager in a second 30 minute phone call and got the feeling from both that it's ok to have a different background. I took a skills test and I proceeded to a set of 4 back to back 30 minute interviews, some via video, one in person. That was exhausting and the analysts that interviewed me seem to want to see that I have the technical background. I understand that since they do the work. Guess what I was turned down from this position for? Lacking the technical skills needed. Overall, the company was very professional and they seem like they're a great bunch to work with but I wish they took the requirements more seriously so that I didn't need to go through all those interviews only to be told something I already know.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about how I found Quantcast and about my SQL experience.
