I applied in-person. I interviewed at Fungible (Santa Clarita, CA) in Jun 2017
Interview
It was very quick, one preliminary coding exercise round and then onsite interview. My friends has said great things about this company so I had great expectations. I believe I was trapped in the wrong two interviewers. Due to NDA I cannot tell you the exact questions but I can certainly point the concepts.
First interviewer was confused between array pointers and pointers of array. I was sure about being right and we debated for a long time but he kept going to the wrong solution, which at a point I felt like to just grab a computer and demo it to him so that he change his way of thinking. He told me that any interviewee has never gave him the correct answer which gave me a giggle inside my head because I knew that they all might have been right, it is him who needs to go back to freshman to learn that stuff. It is not a good practice to be stubborn and not to open up for new solutions. It is an interview not an interrogation. I believe companies should interview their interviewers first to assess whether they are fit to judge skills or not. For me this first interview was enough to decide not to work for this team.
Second interviewer was nice, he had good grasp of concepts and he asked me multithreading programming. Knowing that I was new to this field he was helpful and we discussed the problem like we were a team.
Third interviewer was ok ok, due to the first interview I wasn't interested anymore so I didn't pay much attention anyways. Whole time instead of looking at the white board he was looking in his computer and didn't pay much attention. This was very rude as I was investing my time instead of making my choice so he should at least have courtesy to at least pay a little attention and ask me questions. I even felt like to just walk away.
Overall it was a very bad experience, I wouldnt say company is bad as I don't know much about it but certainly those two guys were just not a good fit for being interviewers. No sane employee would even think to work with such attitude holder senior members.
Just an advice to Fungible. Bring some diversity into the interviewers and please tell them to leave the laptops at their desk as there is no work of a laptop or phone while you interview. It is just rude and disrespectful. Also please be open for new solutions. Just because you have been following a method for years doesnt mean that this is the only one.
I don't know the outcome of the interview yet and frankly I dont care thats why I have chosen "did not get offer"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Due to NDA I cannot tell the questions but it was pretty standard data structure and algorithmic questions, I think interviewers were not original enough to bring their own questions, they took it from online website word to word.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Fungible
Interview
Interview went for 6 rounds.
Interview panel and HR found very professional.
Interview centre over computer architecture and concepts.
They will not provide feedback on time, received rejected mail after a month looks I was a backup plan
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed NDA. average level questions no leetcode required.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Fungible (Santa Clara, CA) in Aug 2017
Interview
I sent my resume after reading the job description on their web site. The onsite interview was divided into multiple days but that hasn't been a problem for me. Interviewers were polite and knowledgeable. Once onsite interviews completed, I quickly got feedback from recruiter that I will be receiving an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly questions probing my past work and some programming questions.
I interviewed at Fungible (Santa Clara, CA) in Jul 2017
Interview
The interviewer was rude & offensive.
I had a onsite screening (which was very good) followed by 4-5 round onsite, I was aware of the rude interviewers from reviews posted here but hoped it wouldn't be the case with me. Unluckily, in my first round, i encountered a very rude and intimidating interviewer who was on his feet for almost 45 min standing right next to me while i was white boarding the solution/answers to his questions.
Even after informing him that this is rude, intimidating & discomforting, he didn't budge, made a weird face & kept on shooting questions. This made it very hard for me to give my best but I still did ok in this round. I got to know in the end of this round that i will be working very closely with him. His behavior rattled me so much and the thought that I will closely working with him was enough for me decide to walk out before the 2nd round.
Interviewers need to treat interviewees properly, Stop cutting them midway an answer, give them respect for the work experience & knowledge that they can potentially bring into the team & give them space (literally) to give their best during the discussion at the very least!!!
As someone told me, it is always 2 sided, candidates also judge the team/company during an interview. Even if i would have gone ahead with the whole process and got an offer, i wouldn't have joined such a team.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Fungible with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Fungible overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Fungible as a Software Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 38%
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 13%
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