Valon interview questions

4 step interview. They are pretty fast paced but also fair with the fact you have a schedule and job. First was a simple intro to recruiter, second was a very easy SQL technical test (I won’t go into detail but it’s very easy, if you know SQL it’s probably better to not bother preparing you might throw yourself off). If you pass 2 you get a take home, it’s a fair assessment they request 2-4 hours and give you 2 days to complete. I kept it honest at 3.5 hours and I have to say they’re pretty awesome for being one of the few that actually give you a realistic timeline. If you could trust the dataset out right it’s 2 hours, if you over think it it’s 4. I finished it after work that night. Final round is an on site or virtual onsite for me since I don’t live in New York. Super standard interview. Only criticism from me is that virtual is awkwardly paced and there’s a lot of weight on their questions while during the process you don’t get a ton of time to really sell your experience, your kind of dependent on getting the questions right. That being said, as a guy who’s only interviewed at 3 places in 3 years I actually think their interview process was incredibly fair and well balanced, I honestly was just fried from my own work schedule and answered some easy lay ups terribly because I over prepared for all the wrong topics. My suggestion to anyone looking to join, they’re looking for a hard worker who can wear different hats. Don’t over think it or over prepare like I did, if you make it passed round 1 they really just want to see your live thought process and that you can follow some best practices. I didn’t get the offer which was a disappointment but to be honest I wouldn’t have hired me either, I’m grateful for their interview process because it gave me a reminder of how a good interview flows, conversationally. In the future don’t be like me and schedule an interview two days after your biggest project goes live. Give yourself some practice with the fast pace. Also the case study portion is super easy, don’t over prepare for random financial case studies like I did, it’s related to the take home. Don’t over think it. They offered feedback which I unfortunately had to bail on due to having to put out a fire at my current job during our scheduled call. But it’s pretty admirable that they offer that, most companies will not schedule time with turned-down candidates so they get classy points in my book.

Nice interviewer. Enjoyed the chat. Behavioral questions only, trying to understand my motivation for applying. Did not make it to the next round unfortunately. Got response back about a week later telling me I was rejected.