Duolingo Software Engineer - New Grad interview questions
based on 8 ratings - Updated Nov 16, 2021
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50%
Applied online
Applied online
33%
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Recruiter
17%
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Software Engineer - New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Duolingo with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer - New Grad roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Duolingo overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Duolingo as a Software Engineer - New Grad according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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HR is friendly but the interview process was long. They told you they would respond in a week but used a month to get back to you. Questions are average LC questions but you can be rejected even you figured everything out.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Duolingo in Sep 2020
Interview
Recruiter initially provided a video introduction of the company and additional resources about the team and culture.
Received an online assessment through HackerRank consisting of 2 questions in 90 minutes. Both questions were LC med-hard and I heard back relatively quickly.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Duolingo (Pittsburgh, PA) in Feb 2019
Interview
1. Initial call with recruiter
2. Hackerrack coding challenge
3. Coderpad phone screen with Engineer
4. On-site : 2 rounds
The on-site interviewers expected the whiteboarding code to be syntactically correct and also readable with relevant test cases discussed.
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Question 1
1. Words to numbers mapping
2. Local Minima
3. Longest path length skateboard