I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Reddit (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2020
Interview
Step 1: phone screen
Step 2: 30 min interview with head of design ('what's your story?' type questions)
Step 3: whiteboard challenge – the prompt is all over Glassdoor
Step 4/final round: portfolio presentation followed by 4 back to back interviews (2x design, 1x PM, 1x engineering), with a final chat to speak to the head of design again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your story?
How do you work with developers?
1st phone screen was directly with the head of design. Mostly a casual chat and some lecture about design at Reddit.
2nd interview was a whiteboarding exercise. I think I was denied because my final solution did not agree with the economic and political views of the company. I suggested that public goods should be free.
Recruiter communication is below par at best. Lack of engagement and interest to candidates within the pipeline. I had to reach out a number of times to touch base. The scheduling was also miscommunicated and had a few surprise sessions that weren’t on the official interview schedule.
The interviews themselves were quite engaging. It was with a series of cross-functional partners probing into different collaboration and leadership capabilities.
I was asked to do an additional interview, but I’ve still yet to hear back from the main recruiter or hiring manager about any decision made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provide an example of a time where you’ve taken the lead or ownership of a project that included multiple cross-functional partners
1h first round go over your resume 1h whiteboard with senior 1.5h with design peer review and manager The third round and first round kinda overlapped a bit, you have to go through your portfolio multiple times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How you design transportation(white board) What's difference between figma and adobe xd? What team attract you