I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Compass (New York, NY) in Mar 2018
Interview
Pretty standard interview process - first round is phone interview with recruiter who asks questions to find out what position will best fit your strengths/needs. Recruiter then promptly set up second round tech phone screen. This interviewer dove straight into the coding questions without even giving his introduction or asking me to introduce myself. I was slightly turned off by that experience but carried on. The coding question was pretty easy and I was able to solve it within the allotted time however the communication with the interviewer was again poor - after giving me the problem statement the interviewer went on mute. I was talking through my solution without any feedback from the interviewer for the whole hour. I was again disappointed by the communication so a few minutes into the interview I asked the interviewer if I'm on the correct path to solve the problem (I didn't actually need to know but I wanted to find out if he was even paying attention and to engage in an actual conversation). The interviewer then told me to "just solve the problem" and to use other online resources if I want to. Disappointed, I carried on and finished my solution.
There were around 10 minutes left in the hour once I finished and the interviewer mentioned in a derogatory tone that he wanted to ask another question but I took too long. He did give me the remaining time to ask him any questions and I asked him to introduce himself since he hadn't done up to that point! I then asked him a question about the engineering culture at Compass to gauge if his attitude is seen company wide. He laughed and said that its a very generic question and basically said the culture is like the culture at Google (I've never worked at Google so I have no way of knowing what he meant). He then mentioned we're out of time and ended the call.
The products at Compass are actually very interesting but the phone screen I had was unfortunately one of the worst. This interviewer and Compass don't realize that interviews go both ways - the candidate is also judging the company during the process and they failed miserably. I've seen other similar reviews on Glassdoor about poor interviews/conversations with Compass so think twice before giving them your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You'll be asked to write a function which will test your understandings of data structure. You'll be asked to run the function with test cases.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Compass (Bellevue, WA)
Interview
Pretty chill. Three rounds of debugging, technical (leetcode), and behavioral, which was more like high-level with AI assistance. The values did not come up very much while going through the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Had us do an AI round about forms and matching things.
Debugging, technical, then behavioral. I had been given two language options for the debugging portion (Java or Python) during the phone interview then when I went to the onsite there seemed to be a miscommunication because the interview said I could use JS since I was applying as a frontend engineer. The debugging was pretty doable, the behavioral was odd but fine.
The interview process felt chaotic and poorly organized. What I was asked in the interview didn’t align with what HR told me to expect, and the interview started late. The lack of alignment between HR and the interviewer made it feel like the company overall may be chaotic. Afterward, HR’s follow-ups were generic and robotic, and the employer also mentioned layoffs, which added to the uncertainty. Overall, it didn’t feel worth the effort.