I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at AOL (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2016
Interview
it was about 50 minutes technical interview and maybe 15 minutes team fit interview. Team fit - usual personal questions like your achievements e.t.c.
Technical - lots of questions about project that was done in college, describe structure, draw diagrams. Basic data structures ArrayList vs LinkedList. What is a bit? What is CSS, how to use CSS.
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%
Drug test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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