I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AOL (Washington, DC) in May 2016
Interview
My recruiter was helpful. She responded quickly and gave me interview tips. I was not offered the position but she helped me find other positions at the company. I went through 2 phone interviews. The first was a general overview about the company and culture. The second was a technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The recruiter asked about projects I was working on and covered everything on my resume.
Online only, typeform like questions and answers. not too hard, and plenty room to answer the questions. not sure if they received, etc notes notes notes notes many notes to enter. Just want to look at something
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of a time where you experienced a challenge and how you over came it
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at AOL
Interview
Talked with CTO and senior product manager about previous experience. No tech questions. They talked a lot about how interns works at AOL area 51, what they offer to interns and what they expect from interns.
The First round was behavioral talking to the manager over the phone and discussing your previous project and work experience. It lasted for 30 minutes. The second round was an online coding test via Hackerrank.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at AOL with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 30 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AOL overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at AOL as a Software Engineer according to 30 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 18%
Group panel interview: 7%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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