I passed the Codesignal pre-screen and was invited to an intro call. The intro call included behavioral questions which I didn’t expect so I was not able to give good answers. The recruiter seemed cold and disengaged, he did not answer my email about interview process and did not turn on camera during the call, probably typical for big companies due to high volume of candidates.
No offer
Neutral experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Twitch (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Sent in a resume to their job portal and heard back four days later from a recruiter who assigned me a coding challenge -- program a spellchecker in any language of your choice and submit it within 24-36 hours. Submitted that and was then invited for a Skype phone screen with an engineering manager.
Interestingly, my interviewer said he had not seen the coding challenge I submitted (in Python) and started the interview with several qualitative JavaScript questions. With my main interest on the back end and having not developed on front end for a month, fumbled a bit. After that, one live coding question over Stypi, which I completed in Python, standard difficulty level. Interview ended with him answering my questions about Twitch, where I focused on the streaming process. He answered my questions on a high level, then revealed that I was being considered for a role different than what I had submitted my resume to (Tools Engineer vs Software Engineer). The entire call lasted about 40 minutes.
The next day I received an email stating they would not move forward with my application. I wish Twitch had communicated before the Skype call that I was being considered for a role different from what I had applied for, but oh well. Other than that, correspondence with Twitch recruiters were prompt and professional, which I appreciate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between JavaScript and Python?
At first I got the call from the recruiter for the screening process. Asked about the things on the resume work I did before. Then progressed to assesment round that consisted of OOPS coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one OOPS coding question was given in the OA 2 hrs max.
A recruiter reached out and described the role, sent out an online CodeSignal assessment. Afterwards waited a few days to receive invite to a 45-minute technical interview with the hiring manager.